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I feel like lately the world has been loosing so many of its “great ones” and this is so sad. Peace to him in a better place….anything has to be better than this mad world.
I’m sorry Dave…………
He is now made of stars
Crazy. I just read about Mr. Clarke’s death. He will be missed. He made a big dent in my development.
I hope his gravestone does look like that.
One of the good ones gone.
He taught me what the word “defenestrated*” means. It’s a great word.
“The Defenestration of Ermintrude Inch”
That is a fantastic word! Thankyou Mr Clarke – and thankyou Colonel.
And above all he was Jarre fan.
I’m serious.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Oxygene and Rendez-Vous are masterpieces.
:-)
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Vale AC – the favourite storyteller of my youth
I feel like lately the world has been loosing so many of its “great ones” and this is so sad. Peace to him in a better place….anything has to be better than this mad world.
North Dakota isn’t.
“…He taught me what the word “defenestrated*†means…”
Marginally less so, for me. It comes from the Latin ‘fenestra’, meaning ‘window’…and conjures up awful memories for me.
ADG