Arthur C. Clarke, science fiction giant has died today at age 90.
Farewell and thanks Mr. Clarke. You will be missed.
Read the Wired news here.
Archive for the ‘literature’ Category
Farewell Mr. Clarke
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008My Lai 4
Friday, February 22nd, 2008
First things first: I got to bid AND win a first edition autographed book by the incredible journalist Seymour M. Hersh. Not only did I get to see him (speak briefly) and Harry Belafonte (!) among others, but I won his book My Lai 4 A Report on the Massacre and its Aftermath in a silent auction afterwards (an architect outbidding lawers? Who knew…).
Another image and the clips of Mr. Belafonte’s and Mr. Hersh’s speeches after the jump.
Farewell Mr. Mailer
Saturday, November 10th, 2007Norman Mailer has left us today at the age of 84. Farewell sir.
Farewell Mr. Vonnegut
Thursday, April 12th, 2007
photo: Matthias Rietschel / AP
Kurt Vonnegut, whose dark comic talent and urgent moral vision in novels like “Slaughterhouse-Five,†“Cat’s Cradle†and “God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater†caught the temper of his times and the imagination of a generation, died Wednesday night in Manhattan. He was 84 and had homes in Manhattan and in Sagaponack on Long Island…
Farewell Baudrillard
Thursday, March 29th, 2007It took me a whole month before I realized Jean Baudrillard had left us…
Farewell sir