[JenB]

All right; I only know him from his (not very good, IMO) books. He was always a member of the 'Big Three' - Asimov, Heinlein, and Clarke - but I felt he lagged almost as far behind Asimov as Asimov did behind Heinlein. Don't know why it had to be Clarke who hung on all these years, churning out book after book of meaningless new-agey sci-fi, while Heinlein's been dead for decades....

[eleni121]

I agree conpletely...Heinlein far surpassed Clarke as far as classic sci fi is concerned. Some of Clarke is pure crap. He's got Kubrick to thank for popularizing his mass appeal.