Arthur Clarke's prophetic visions span space age to millennium
The 83-year-old sci fi icon Arthur Clarke speaks from Colombo about his future visions and his famous 2001 ahead of its time. He recalls predicting satellites and cellular tech, his life in Sri Lanka, his knighthood in 2000, and his ongoing work with email and fans while remaining ever the eccentric futurist.
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Eaning
Arthur Clarke
Encounter 2001
Clarke
Stephen King
Stanley Kubrick
Mars
Sri Lanka
Colombo
Pepsi
Arthur Charles Clarke
Kubrick
George Orwell
Wireless World
Hilton
Moon
Hanoi
America
Vietnam
England
Somerset Burr
Sir Arthur Now
Amazing Stories
Woolworth's
HG Wells
Olaf Stapledon
Hie
Her Majesty’s Exchequer and Audit Department
London
Brush Interplanetary Society
Royal Air Force
Syracuse Stage panels set for February March after Pulitzer play
Syracuse Stage schedules panel discussions in February and March after 13 performances of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize drama about a poetry professor facing death. Panels with Hospice of Central New York accompany specific Feb and Mar show dates. Call 443-3275 for details.
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Syracuse Stage
Hosmece
Central New York
This day in music Beach Boys debut and more
Highlights include the Beach Boys debut in 1961 at a Rochie Valens memorial in Long Beach earning 300 dollars and 1997 death of pianist Floyd Cramer after cancer at 64. Other items note Don Henley party encounters in 1986 and Rick Nelson’s 1985 fatal plane crash near De Kalb Texas. Donna Summer born 1948 in Boston. John Denver birth 1943 in Roswell NM with four No 1 singles.
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Floyd Cramer
Don Henley
Gary Hart
Donna Rice
Rick Nelson
DeKalb
Texas
Beach Boys
Rochie Valens
Long Beach
Calif
Donna Summer
Boston
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