Arthur C. Clarke dead at 90

Goodbye my childhood friend. You made me think about the world. You made me wonder. You made me thirst for more. I still re-read the paperback worlds you took me too, dog eared from their years in my pockets. At your feet, I met others. Asimov, Heinlein and through them, Galileo, Copernicus, Newton, Darwin, Einstein, Hawking and more.

You contributed more than stories. You made three generations of us dream. You opened the world to my questions.

I will never leave the legacy to the world that you did. In many ways, my legacy IS your legacy.

I would say that the light of the world is a little dimmer without you but that would be a lie. It shines brighter than ever thanks to people like you.