Sir Arthur C. Clarke,,Goodbye Old Friend

One of my favorite authors as I was going through my teens and early 20's in the 1950's. R.I.P.

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ed...thur+C.+Clarke

Still read some of his stuff.

Sad to see that. RIP!

Yes he was one of my all time favourite authours too. Very sad :(

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7304004.stm

http://www.wired.com/culture/art/new...rthur_c_clarke

http://www.wired.com/culture/art/new...3/clarke_elegy

I may be wrong (perhaps I should check Wikipedia) but my recollection is that Clarke's story "The Sentinel" was the basis for director Stanley Kubrick's "2001 A Space Odyssey". Clarke furthered the career (or maybe launched it) of one of the foremost film directors of our time, he made us think, he probably inspired many scientists, he addicted many readers like myself to science fiction-come-reality. He will be missed. But, he leaves a legacy of those thinkers and readers and film makers; I could only dream of such a legacy, not to mention living to 90 years old. Goodbye, Aurthur C. Clarke

Yes, "The Sentinel" was the basis for "2001...". I read the paperback version of "2001..." way back in maybe 1968-1969...??. I was lucky to have read the book before seeing the movie because the movie made some huge leaps in time and I remember overhearing many people in the audience whispering that they didn't know what was going on. On several occasions ( I saw it 7 times...yea, I'm a Sci-Fi nut..especially Isaac Asimov; my all time favorite; Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, Bradbury, and many others...), I would quietly explain to those around me what was happening and it helped them handle the 'jumps'.

Arthur C. Clarke made a very interesting documentary on Fractals...you could tell that Fractals was very exciting to him.

Yep...he was unique...so long.