I can't help passing along something a US pal sent me, from the latest
revision of Arthur C. Clarke's wonderful pop sci book PROFILES OF THE
FUTURE. I read it when I was a sprat, not long after it came out in 1961 or
thereabouts, and was utterly dazzled. You can imagine how chuffed I am to
hear that the 1999 revision contains this comment:
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pages 189-190:
(In *The Last Mortal Generation* (1999), the Australian polymath and science
fiction writer Damien Broderick has suggested that immortality is not
merely desirable--but inevitable. My recommendation of this truly
mind-stretching book was not in the least affected by its dedication: "For
Arthur C. Clarke, who profiled the future and dreamed of advanced sciences
indistinguishable from magic.")
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So there you are, sports fans - the way to the hearts of the famous is via
a well-pitched grovelling dedication in yr next book. :)
Damien
[polymath my foot, when I can't even stop Eudora 4.3 from locking up my
screen repeatedly]
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