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Friday, March 28, 2008
 

From Fanzine NOVAE TERRAE, April 1938
PRELUDE TO THE CONQUEST OF SPACE
By Arthur C. (Ego) Clarke
I shot a rocket into the air,
It fell to earth I know not where,
But 50 grammes of T.N.T.,
Exploded in the Rectory.
I shot a rocket into space,
Towards the full moon's beckoning face,
And was rewarded for my pains,
By blowing up the Sea of Rains.
I shot a rocket into the air,
But notwithstanding all my care,
Five hundred tons of dynamite,
Blew San Francisco out of sight.

RIP -- Sir Arthur C. Clarke
(16 December 191719 March 2008)
 
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