it's a sad day for science fiction.  Legendary British science fiction writer Sir Arthur C Clarke has died in Sri Lanka at the age of 90.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/03/18/obit.clarke.ap/index.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7304004.stm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke

i've only read Fountains of Paradise by Clarke (being content to watch 2001 and 2010 on the big screen) and  i really liked it.  i've got Rendezvous with Rama on my list as it seems there is a movie in the works:  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134933/.

thank you for some wonderful stories.  rest in peace, Sir Arthur.

- dave

News roundup:

http://www.nytimes.com/

http://www.latimes.com/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/

http://afp.google.com/

http://books.guardian.co.uk/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/

http://www.salon.com/