Comments on: My Debt To Arthur C. Clarke http://jens.mooseyard.com/2008/03/my-debt-to-arthur-c-clarke/ Little boxes made of words, by Jens Alfke Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:05:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: astrange http://jens.mooseyard.com/2008/03/my-debt-to-arthur-c-clarke/comment-page-1/#comment-2487 astrange Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:22:55 +0000 http://mooseyard.com/Jens/2008/03/my-debt-to-arthur-c-clarke/#comment-2487 > I also remember a story from that book I read in Germany, in which a future dictator has himself put into suspended animation in a sealed vault, and Clarke describes the infinitely slow processes of geological change taking place outside as millions of years pass, before he awakens. The complete short story book actually has four different stories exactly like this, with completely rewritten backgrounds, and the dictator being killed in a different way at the end. I'm not sure if he was unsatisfied with them or just really liked the idea. > I also remember a story from that book I read in Germany, in which a future dictator has himself put into suspended animation in a sealed vault, and Clarke describes the infinitely slow processes of geological change taking place outside as millions of years pass, before he awakens.

The complete short story book actually has four different stories exactly like this, with completely rewritten backgrounds, and the dictator being killed in a different way at the end. I’m not sure if he was unsatisfied with them or just really liked the idea.

]]> By: Rob Keniger http://jens.mooseyard.com/2008/03/my-debt-to-arthur-c-clarke/comment-page-1/#comment-2488 Rob Keniger Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:49:23 +0000 http://mooseyard.com/Jens/2008/03/my-debt-to-arthur-c-clarke/#comment-2488 Thanks for the great post, I myself have a very similar history with Arthur C. Clarke and was very sad to hear of his passing. I spent half an hour the evening of the day he died looking into space. The book you read in Germany is almost certainly <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_to_Earth" rel="nofollow">Expedition to Earth</a>. Thanks for the great post, I myself have a very similar history with Arthur C. Clarke and was very sad to hear of his passing. I spent half an hour the evening of the day he died looking into space.

The book you read in Germany is almost certainly Expedition to Earth.

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