Arthur C Clarke died yesterday.
When I was in college, freshman year, I was already known for being a bit... odd. I read science fiction, for one thing. Another freshman who, for reasons surpassing understanding, had signed up for a sci fi literature class, just really didn't get sci fi at all, and when it came to the last book of the class, she begged me to read it and tell her what the heck it was about! She needed to know by the next day, because a paper was due, and she simply could not afford to flunk it. So I read... Sign in to see full entry.