Yesterday marked the passing of science fiction giant Arthur C. Clarke. I can’t say I was a huge fan of his work, though as a fan of the genre I was familiar with his work. I’d venture a guess that most folks knew of him as the man who wrote the short story behind 2001: A Space Odyssey or perhaps Childhood’s End. Me, I preferred his short stories. Here are two particular favorites:

The Nine Billion Names of God
The Star