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Subject: Writer Arthur C Clarke dies at 90
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/08 at 6:17 pm
From BBC News Online
British science fiction writer Sir Arthur C Clarke has died in Sri Lanka at the age of 90.
Born in Somerset, he came to fame in 1968 when a short story The Sentinel was made into the film 2001: A Space Odyssey by director Stanley Kubrick.
Once called "the first dweller in the electronic cottage", his vision of future space travel and computing captured the popular imagination.
A close aide said he died after a cardio-respiratory attack.
Subject: Re: Writer Arthur C Clarke dies at 90
Written By: bookmistress4ever on 03/18/08 at 7:15 pm
That's very sad.
He was one of the inspirations to my husband (who hopes to write science fiction someday).
He had a long life though.
Subject: Re: Writer Arthur C Clarke dies at 90
Written By: whistledog on 03/19/08 at 8:02 pm
R.I.P. to a great writer
Subject: Re: Writer Arthur C Clarke dies at 90
Written By: Foo Bar on 03/19/08 at 9:50 pm
What impressed me most about Clarke was his uncanny ability to blend hard SF with something as universally and irrationally human as faith, and yet to do so in a way that leaves theist, atheist, and agnostic alike feeling satisifed.
Here are two of his short stories to illustrate the point:
Arthur C. Clarke, The Star
Arthur C. Clarke, The Nine Billion Names of God
Subject: Re: Writer Arthur C Clarke dies at 90
Written By: karen on 03/20/08 at 11:40 am
I liked The Sentinel. Also the TV series he did in the 80s Arthur C Clarkes Mysterious World (or something like that)