"Steve Hix" wrote in message
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What happens is that most of the dreck gets forgotten, certainly rarely
reprinted, and we eventually forget about it, remembering only the
better remainder. The same thing happens with antique furniture,
machines, etc etc etc. Once the cheap junk crumbles away, the best
remains, along with an unwarranted impression that "they did things
better back then, none of this cheap modern stuff, by jingo!"


----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Hix"
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Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 3:00 PM
Subject: In Memoriam: Arthur C. Clarke

What happens is that most of the dreck gets forgotten, certainly rarely
reprinted, and we eventually forget about it, remembering only the
better remainder. The same thing happens with antique furniture,
machines, etc etc etc. Once the cheap junk crumbles away, the best
remains, along with an unwarranted impression that "they did things
better back then, none of this cheap modern stuff, by jingo!"

No doubt that's true, but I had in mind many of the modern prolific authors.
Current "big" names. There are only two I can think of that create true
worlds of the imagination, and I think often not as well. It seems like they
all think they are writing for another medium. But as you point out, this
is not a book club.

Goodbye Mr Clarke. I hope I knew the best part of you, through your books.