tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post956388661160193252..comments2023-10-24T10:09:22.146+01:00Comments on The Yorkshire Ranter: Two cowsAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153530634675543954noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post-35593918083630938422008-03-21T21:22:00.000+01:002008-03-21T21:22:00.000+01:00Justin, how odd then, that the stars aren't going ...Justin, how odd then, that the <A HREF="http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=1782" REL="nofollow">stars aren't going out at all</A>: " It’s hard to imagine anything that would have pleased Clarke more than having the heavens come alive with unimaginable energies on the day he left us."<BR/><BR/>Alex, I'm not sure I understand your point about 'Of Time and Stars'. I must have read it: I remember at least three stories <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Of_Time_and_Stars" REL="nofollow">Wikipedia entry</A> and some other names seem familiar. I do think Clarke was big on the 'wonder and joy of science': he clearly believed something like "this is how the world is; science is the way to understand it". To answer your question, a lot of people thought the immediate future was pretty much screwed - nuclear war/population explosion (actually happening, disastrously, in Africa)/pollution/destruction of natural resources. The future looked like it was going to be bloody tough. As it still does.Chardonnay Chaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275819795032251978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post-20912431401343782262008-03-19T18:28:00.000+01:002008-03-19T18:28:00.000+01:00(There is a last time for everything.)(There is a last time for everything.)Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17153530634675543954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post-17436816405642734132008-03-19T18:24:00.000+01:002008-03-19T18:24:00.000+01:00Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going o...<I>Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out.</I>ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.com