[Revi]

I was in Iceland the summer that Fischer played Spasky. It made an impression on me. We heard about the game, but we didn't go to it.

Bobby Fisher was an amazing guy. Is Spassky running for office in Russia? That's where we should see chess players, in politics.

[I_Like_Plants]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('hubbertspeak7777777', 'W')atching a chess game is great cure insomnia. It works even better than watching Star Trek or Cheers re-runs.

[Narz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Revi', 'B')obby Fisher was an amazing guy. Is Spassky running for office in Russia? That's where we should see chess players, in politics.

[dorlomin]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7304004.stm

One of the greats of sci fi beyond a doubt.

[Tanada]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dorlomin', 'h')ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7304004.stm

One of the greats of sci fi beyond a doubt.

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tanada', ' ')He is nearly the last of his generation of writers, who is left from the golden age?

[heroineworshipper]

We don't need imagination. We can just import stories from England.

[xerces]

Clarke was a visionary of the highest order. His writings( along with that of Heinlein and Asimov) pretty much convinced me to pursue an engineering career rather than business or law.

RIP old friend.

[TheDude]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tanada', ' ')He is nearly the last of his generation of writers, who is left from the golden age?

[MD]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tanada', '
')For me Clarke was a writer who made me think in new and different ways. I really enjoyed some of his stuff, could not stand some of the others. He is nearly the last of his generation of writers, who is left from the golden age?

[Stratovarius]

2001 was a pretty sweet movie.

Can someone explain to me the symbolism of the "monolith". Such a mysterious structure.

[Kingcoal]

Another hero lost.

[Pretorian]

I remember when Robert Sheckley died it didnt even make it to the news. Some old holliwood clown and some senator who had it rolling in 60s happen to die the same day, they made the news.

[Alcassin]

"This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one."

[TheDude]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Stratovarius', '2')001 was a pretty sweet movie.

Can someone explain to me the symbolism of the "monolith". Such a mysterious structure.

[Stratovarius]

You're boring. I was hoping golem would reply.

[Tanada]

Great writers I liked to read from the Golden age;

Robert Heinlein
Isaac Asimov
Aurther Clarke
Robert Sheckley
James Blish
H. Beam Piper
Poul Anderson
Fred Pohl
Phillip Jose Farmer
Murry Leinster
E.E. Doc Smith

Those are just the first 11 to pop in my head, I am sure there are at least twice that many more who I loved to read and have re-read until the books fell apart.

[PenultimateManStanding]

First of all, he was a butt ugly mean looking SOB, not the pretty boy as portrayed by Paul Newman. So anyway, there is some solid evidence that he was not killed in Bolivia. Here's the wiki article so you can read it for yourself if you are interested. I suggest you also click the link to the Hole in the Wall. That place was a hold out for criminal gangs for decades and no law enforcement agencies were able to take it out. No doubt the US Army could have done it, but that isn't how things operated in the old US. The US Army did not get used for law enforcement matters. It was used to take over Banana Republics, quash redskins and so forth, but not to deal with home-grown problems.

[Ache]

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