Arthur C. Clarke died today.
He wished to be remembered "most as a writer, one who entertained readers and hopefully stretched their imaginations as well".
I can't think of a better way to summarize 2001. For me, it introduced the idea (one which I still maintain) that humanity can achieve immortality by mastering science (compassion and tolerance are implied, I think).
Incidentally, I've been to Minehead, Clarke's birthplace. There was a prison-like Butlins and a few delapidated Victorian-era gambling halls along the waterfront, but no tribute to its famous son. Why does Britain find it so hard to celebrate and encourage appreciation of its ground-breaking intellectuals? Nothing here: http://www.minehead.co.uk/things-to-do.htm
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Sounds like Minehead to me , but they have got a small (like the council -small minded) plaque on the house where he was born .
Derrick
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