I woke up this morning to the news radio informing me of the tidal wave in Asia that killed more than 20,000 people. Needless to say, a great tragedy.

We in the SF community can at least be thankful that Sir Arthur C. Clarke was unharmed (he lives in Sri Lanka). Both Josepha Sherman and Allen Steele reported on SFF.net that they’d received word that Clarke was okay. I know a lot of people have expressed concern for him on various message boards, so please do pass along the news.