(Photograph) - Moon dusting: Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke beamed himself to the University of Liverpool from his Sri Lanka home this week to receive a Doctor of Letters by satellite. Clarke opened a vial and sprinkled moon dust for his audience. Vice chancellor Philip Love, above, shakes hands with John Klute, a trustee of the Science Fiction Foundation Collection, which the university has acquired, at the ceremony.
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