My favorite story of his was "The Nine Billion Names of God". It creeped me out when I was a teen and first read it.

Hey, Nick, don't you think that a $100 MM epic could be made of "Chidhood's End"? My alltime favorite Clarke novel (followed closely by Rendezvous with Rama).

>>Sigh.
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>>I guess my Childhood is at an End. Godspeed, Arthur.
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>Yes
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>great books and great ideas. I grew up reading those stories.
>I've still got my original very dog eared copy of the sands of mars somewhere. (not a 1st edition but the first one I ever bought)
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>Nick