There's that; there are his many ideas that have actually come to pass
(& others that still might), & there's his optimism, which we badly
need, still....
Mingella's death also sad, & he much younger (than Patrick or me, for
example)....
Doug
On 19-Mar-08, at 1:50 AM, Patrick McManus wrote:
> I particularly loved his 'religious' story about the monks the stars
> going
> out and the end of the world
> P
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Roger Day
> Sent: 18 March 2008 22:49
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> Subject: Arthur C Clarke dead at 90
>
> http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/theampersand/archive/2008/03/18/sci
> -fi-giant-arthur-c-clarke-dead-at-90.aspx
>
> also Anthony Mingella dead
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7302841.stm
Douglas Barbour
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the ugh in
thought
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weave the world
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