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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)

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