He left the unspoken question hanging in the air. How did one annoy a two- kilometre-long black rectangular slab? And just what form would its disapproval take
Arthur C. ClarkeTags: 2010-odyssey-two
There's no real objection to escapism, in the right places... We all want to escape occasionally. But science fiction is often very far from escapism, in fact you might say that science fiction is escape into reality... It's a fiction which does concern itself with real issues: the origin of man; our future. In fact I can't think of any form of literature which is more concerned with real issues, reality.
Arthur C. ClarkeTags: reality science-fiction escapism future-prediction
Perhaps it is better to be un-sane and happy, than sane and un-happy. But it is the best of all to be sane and happy. Whether our descendants can achieve that goal will be the greatest challenge of the future. Indeed, it may well decide whether we have any future.
Arthur C. ClarkeUtopia was here at last: its novelty had not yet been assailed by the supreme enemy of all Utopias—boredom.
Arthur C. ClarkeIf man can live in Manhattan, he can live anywhere.
Arthur C. ClarkeTags: new-york-city
And so Discovery drove on toward Saturn, as often as not pulsating with the cool music of the harpsichord, the frozen thoughts of a brain that had been dust for twice a hundred years.
Arthur C. ClarkeTags: science-fiction
The creation of wealth is certainly not to be despised, but in the long run the only human activities really worthwhile are the search for knowledge, and the creation of beauty. This is beyond argument, the only point of debate is which comes first.
Arthur C. ClarkeEven more alarming were persistent rumors that someone had smuggled an Emotion Amplifier on board 'Mentor'. The so-called joy machines were banned on all planets, except under strict medical control; but there would always be people to whom reality was not good enough, and who would want to try something better.
Arthur C. ClarkeTags: science-fiction
...science fiction is something that could happen - but usually you wouldn't want it to. Fantasy is something that couldn't happen - though often you only wish that it could.
Arthur C. ClarkeTags: fantasy science-fiction
بعد آلاف السنين تمكن العقل البشري أخيراً من أن يجد شيئاً كالفضاء له نفس متعة الحرب، لكن للأسف لا تنعم كل الدول بهذه اللذة.
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