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Both men were writers. Sir Arthur, as he insisted on being called, was considered one of the giants in science fiction (or speculative fiction if you prefer). Anthony Minghella was an award-winning writer of film, stage and television along with being a director and a producer.
I met Sir Arthur once at a convention and I honestly can't remember which one it was but it was a long time ago. I got to tell him that his short story "the Nine Billion Names of G-d" was one of my all time favorites for that format. I still love the end of that story.
I met Anthony Minghella briefly when he was at Random House. A fellow assistant introduced me to him as a puppeteer among other things. I got to tell him how much I enjoyed the Storyteller he wrote for Jim Henson. We talked briefly about how cool Jim was. Nice guy.
My best Arthur C Clarke story happened back when I was in high school and is behind a cut for spoilers for "Childhood's End" so there will be spoilers for that story in the comments too.
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I am grateful that I have this great story to tell. There is a part two to it when we took the Overlord to our favorite pizza place. Somewhere I have pictures of that trip.
I met Sir Arthur once at a convention and I honestly can't remember which one it was but it was a long time ago. I got to tell him that his short story "the Nine Billion Names of G-d" was one of my all time favorites for that format. I still love the end of that story.
I met Anthony Minghella briefly when he was at Random House. A fellow assistant introduced me to him as a puppeteer among other things. I got to tell him how much I enjoyed the Storyteller he wrote for Jim Henson. We talked briefly about how cool Jim was. Nice guy.
My best Arthur C Clarke story happened back when I was in high school and is behind a cut for spoilers for "Childhood's End" so there will be spoilers for that story in the comments too.
( My_Best_Arthur_C_Clarke_Story )
I am grateful that I have this great story to tell. There is a part two to it when we took the Overlord to our favorite pizza place. Somewhere I have pictures of that trip.
