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Article: COLUMN: Death of Clarke marks the end of an era in science fiction
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- March 26, 2008
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Abid Mujtaba
University Wire
03-26-2008
(The Battalion) (UWIRE) COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- I have found that life's great pleasures are enhanced when you come across them in a state of profound ignorance. That is how I happened across "A Fall of Moondust" in a public library when I was 11 or 12. The name of the author, Arthur C. Clarke, meant nothing to me back then, but that was the first book I finished in one sitting.
On March 19, Clarke, grand master of science fiction, Hugo and Nebula award-winning author and one of the most gifted intellects of our time passed away.
Clarke, born in England in 1917, was a fan of science fiction early on and was destined to be the one of the great writers ...
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