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first pic of planet outside our own solar system
Ed_McCarron:
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ChadTower:
--- Quote from: danny_galaga on November 17, 2008, 03:35:29 am ---when did he write the sequels, the ones i was referring to ;)
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Much later but the whole starchild concept was in the first book. :)
Adams may have been a good writer but Clarke was nominated twice for the Nobel Prize. Communication satellites in geostationary orbits was his idea. The geostationary orbit above the equator is actually called the Clarke Orbit. :notworthy:
danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on November 17, 2008, 09:50:53 am ---
--- Quote from: danny_galaga on November 17, 2008, 03:35:29 am ---when did he write the sequels, the ones i was referring to ;)
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Much later but the whole starchild concept was in the first book. :)
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with dolphins? ;D
ChadTower:
Dolphins as the superior species isn't an Adams concept either. :)
danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on November 19, 2008, 11:45:39 am ---I suppose every field needs its very own Michael Jackson. SciFi got theirs in Clarke.
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cough *sri* cough *lanka*
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