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Sooby · 25th April 2005, 11:51 PM

That's it, you really have done it! I dug out the masterpiece - and will be dusting down the cover and getting myself comfortable while waiting to be sucked into Clarkes world. Thank you!

I do remember it having that almighty 'slap in the face' resonance - rightly as you say, when the discovery of petty things are just that.

I've read the Rama's - muchly enjoyed them - spent most of the books wondering where they were going and more over where they came from - that sentence makes as much sense as the plot did to me when I first read them!

I have to admit the 2001, 2010 etc.. stories were engrossing. I do enjoy Clarkes ability to work closely with science fact to make science fiction. He does remain my favourite SF author. Stephen Baxter is a way off second.... no-ones come close to Clarke!

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Sooby Jedman Jedman Jedman Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Kent Posts: 37	Re: Childhood's End That's it, you really have done it! I dug out the masterpiece - and will be dusting down the cover and getting myself comfortable while waiting to be sucked into Clarkes world. Thank you! I do remember it having that almighty 'slap in the face' resonance - rightly as you say, when the discovery of petty things are just that. I've read the Rama's - muchly enjoyed them - spent most of the books wondering where they were going and more over where they came from - that sentence makes as much sense as the plot did to me when I first read them! I have to admit the 2001, 2010 etc.. stories were engrossing. I do enjoy Clarkes ability to work closely with science fact to make science fiction. He does remain my favourite SF author. Stephen Baxter is a way off second.... no-ones come close to Clarke!