Comments on: 2008: Odyssey Over http://www.julescrittenden.com/2008/03/19/2008-odyssey-over/ Forward Movement Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:39:33 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: RebeccaH http://www.julescrittenden.com/2008/03/19/2008-odyssey-over/comment-page-1/#comment-60131 RebeccaH Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:00:34 +0000 http://www.julescrittenden.com/2008/03/19/2008-odyssey-over/#comment-60131 The man was a visionary thinker and inspired much of the future he envisioned. There's a reason why the era of Clarke, Heinlein, and Asimov was called the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Science fiction writers seem to be working their way out of the sorry state science fiction has fallen to in the last few decades, and will once again point the way, and I'm positive the influence of Arthur C. Clarke will be one reason. The man was a visionary thinker and inspired much of the future he envisioned. There’s a reason why the era of Clarke, Heinlein, and Asimov was called the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Science fiction writers seem to be working their way out of the sorry state science fiction has fallen to in the last few decades, and will once again point the way, and I’m positive the influence of Arthur C. Clarke will be one reason.

]]> By: Fatty Bolger http://www.julescrittenden.com/2008/03/19/2008-odyssey-over/comment-page-1/#comment-60119 Fatty Bolger Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:56:36 +0000 http://www.julescrittenden.com/2008/03/19/2008-odyssey-over/#comment-60119 Well, that's depressing. He really was a visionary, and one of the great sci-fi writers back when sci-fi was still in its heyday. His strength was in creating imaginative scenarios, then plugging in ordinary people to live them out. It gave his novels a matter-of-factness feel, even when they were about subjects that seemed far fetched even for science fiction. I think it made it easier for readers to see something they would normally consider impossible, and think, "you know, we really could do that some day." Well, that’s depressing. He really was a visionary, and one of the great sci-fi writers back when sci-fi was still in its heyday.

His strength was in creating imaginative scenarios, then plugging in ordinary people to live them out. It gave his novels a matter-of-factness feel, even when they were about subjects that seemed far fetched even for science fiction. I think it made it easier for readers to see something they would normally consider impossible, and think, “you know, we really could do that some day.”

]]> By: The_Real_JeffS http://www.julescrittenden.com/2008/03/19/2008-odyssey-over/comment-page-1/#comment-60110 The_Real_JeffS Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:45:36 +0000 http://www.julescrittenden.com/2008/03/19/2008-odyssey-over/#comment-60110 Bummer. No more Tales From The White Hart.... Bummer. No more Tales From The White Hart….

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