We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/entropy_1.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:31:49 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification "overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out." Arthur C. Clarke's star has gone out. Farewell, old friend. My absolute favorite Clarke story - The 9 Billion Names of God. Therefore, now is the time at Castle Argghhh! when we dance: In Memoriam of Sir Arthur C. Clarke, futurist, most excellent SciFi author, and Flight Lieutenant, Royal Air Force. "‘It’s nothing as trivial as that’."... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/entropy_1.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/entropy_1.html Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:32:50 -0600 Also my favourite of his stories. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/entropy_1.html#comment-70964 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/entropy_1.html#comment-70964 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:40:09 -0600 I enjoyed everything of his I ever read, but the one that had the most impact on me was "Childhood's End". Blew my mind at the time. He will be missed - but his work still inspires. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/entropy_1.html#comment-70924 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/entropy_1.html#comment-70924 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:56:45 -0600 Yeah, that was the best Clarke story ever. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/entropy_1.html#comment-70919 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/entropy_1.html#comment-70919 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:47:27 -0600