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			Still Alive Authors?
	Damn Fine Authors Intro Long Dead W. Shakespeare J. Milton G. Chaucer Gawain Poet Anonymous Recently Dead J.R.R. Tolkien I. Asimov F. Herbert E. Dickinson D. Adams Still Alive? A. Clarke Umberto Eco Alive C. Willis W. Gibson O.S. Card R. Jordan D. Brin Rentable Films Stupid Faxes ---------------------------------------- Well, as of January 2000, Arthur C. Clarke is alive. I heard his birthday announced on NPR - they don't normally do that for dead people. And a reader has alerted me that Umberto Eco is also still alive. Good for them. ----------------------------------------		What the!?! Wouldn't it be a pisser to be running an ego-search on AltaVista and then pull up a site that is ambigious about your actual physical state? Arthur C. Clarke Clarke has been a stalwart in the science fiction community for decades. Like Asimov, he too was a man of science in both the physical and literary realms. A.C. Clarke has produced some of the most enduring and recognizable works, inlcuding 2001 (which, of course, is a necessary companion for the sublime film). Links: � Biography & More Umberto Eco Reading a work by Eco confirms his stature as a scholar of the highest order in the educational community. His works are fascinating in their detail and historical accuracy. Links: � Porta Ludovica

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