I was lucky enough to meet him whilst having a cup of tea in the Imperial Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka back in 98. He was, as you can imagine, quite frail then but was obviously still as sharp as a hawk in that he spotted I was reading a Sci-Fi book - specifically something by Bruce Sterling.
Ended up sharing a cup of tea with him and talking about modern Science Fiction, cost of milk at home etc. I chickened out of asking for his autograph though - something I regret to this very day.
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Scott Stevenson @ Mar 18th 2008 6:02PM
Man, that is way tragic. I always had a bit of a fantasy to one day meet him.
-Scott
lonecow @ Mar 18th 2008 6:08PM
Tragic? He was 90. He had a good life.
He was my favorite writer all through high school. Childhood's End was my favorite of his works.
OSnix*-geek @ Mar 18th 2008 6:28PM
I was just about to post a comment about childhoods end. I always thought it should be an actual movie, and not some adaptation based on it.
Great books, great thinker!
BigBirdUK @ Mar 18th 2008 7:11PM
I was lucky enough to meet him whilst having a cup of tea in the Imperial Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka back in 98. He was, as you can imagine, quite frail then but was obviously still as sharp as a hawk in that he spotted I was reading a Sci-Fi book - specifically something by Bruce Sterling.
Ended up sharing a cup of tea with him and talking about modern Science Fiction, cost of milk at home etc. I chickened out of asking for his autograph though - something I regret to this very day.