Associated Press have reported that Sir Arthur C. Clarke has died aged 90.  Clarke was one of the last of the giants of our field who was still alive and working well into the 21st Century.  Having read Childhood’s End and loved it, been moved by “The Nine Billion Names of God”, and awed by Rendezvous with Rama, I can only say that I think it’s a very, very sad loss for our field.  It also shows how important it is that we treasure Frederik Pohl, Philip Jose Farmer, Ray Bradbury, and the few others who remain from that rich, golden age when science fiction came of age.