Writer Arthur C. Clarke Dead at Age of 90
An innovative giant in the realm of science fiction, Sir Arthur C. Clarke, has died at the age of 90 in Sri Lanka. The English born Clarke will always be best known for his ground breaking film, "2001: A Space Odyssey." Clarke's collaboration with director Stanley Kubrick became a science fiction classic. In his life, he wrote more than 80 fiction and non-fiction books, and was knighted for his work in literature. It never bothered Clarke that though his volume of work was immense, he was primarily remembered for his collaboration with Kubrick.
"It's better to be recognized for one thing, especially something of which I'm quite proud, than not to be recognized at all," Clarke told The L.A. Times in 1982.
He won numerous international awards for his writing, and did write three sequels to "2001: A Space Odyssey." He was a visionary, and foretold many technological breakthroughs, including the telecommunications satellite, which he invented. He was known as the "the godfather of the telecommunications satellite."
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Aww,man. we knew more people like this.
You will be missed, Sir Clarke!
I believe his shows (Authur C Clarke Mysterious World & others) on the paranormal and UFOs were the first of their kind on tv. Not too many scientists dared to delve into the paranormal and ruin their reputation, especially in those days. He presented the stories on his show as fairly as possible and gave a brief opinion of the events at the end of the show. If there’s a life hereafter I’m sure he’s like a kid in a candy store right now.
Yeah back then doing so would show you were crazy.
as far as i know he never addmited that aliens were a fact on our planet..he always had the scientific approach..he’s death is a sad loss.
The books he wrote though spoke wha he thought about the subject,they they are out there.
Thank you for your fantastic work that openned many minds.
Have a nice trip through the universes gates that will be unlocked for you.
We’ll miss you.
We should have a day of rememberence.
Now that he has passed, is it too late to bring up the fact that he was an admitted child molester? He was very comfortable discussing it in english language newspapers in the far east. This is where I learned this info directly myself. I cut out the article and have been dismayed by it since. Needless to say, I noticed his TV show dropped from broadcast shortly afterwards. The American press did it’s job of not covering the story, but someone still killed his show.
Wo,now where did you get that info?
nasty fiction there tom, Clarke never said he was gay although a British paper once said that he was and they might have said other things. Clarke denied it and said he was deeply hurt by this. This occured shortly before he was to meet Prince Charles. I think it came before he was knighted. He was briefly married once. He has always denied that he was gay. About a year ago he said he’d been celibate for 30 years or something like that. Polio he had when he was a child made if difficult for him to get around.
Did you read about the astronomical event that occurred on the day he died? It was an explosion of dying star. It lasted only a couple of hours, but it was supposed to have been the furtherest object that could be seen by the unaided eye. The irony is that Clark’s writings sometimes made us imagine the future, but the exploding star happened billions of years ago even before the earth was formed!
Starnge indeed.
Sir Arthur C. Clarke was one of the truly great visionaries of our time. So many things that we now take for granted, such as communications satellites in geosynchronous orbits, were envisioned by Sir Arthur decades before they became reality. His works were thought-provoking, and my opinion is that many of the scenarios about which he wrote will be come, to some degree, to be factual as time goes on.
Sir Arthur will be sorely missed, but as will all the great ones, his works will long survive him.
Sir Arthur C Clark was indeed a major inspiration in his lifetime but as with all greatly talented people a dark side lurks beneath the surface and in Arthur’s case it was unfortunately child molesting of young boys. I can only but try to focus on his achievements in this life both literary and scientifically. May his work continue to inspire…..
yeah the science and his belifes is what really matters.