Arthur C. Clarke dies
Perhaps the most famous of all science fiction writers, Arthur C. Clarke died in Sri Lanka on Saturday, at the age of 90. Apparently he asked for this to be inscribed on his tombstone, ‘Here lies Arthur Clarke. He never grew up but didn’t stop growing.’ (New York Times, 24/3/08).
Clarke was the author of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Hailed as a science visionary, he also foresaw communications satellites and in the 1940’s predicted man’s landing on the moon.
Mrs Sweeney
Image : http://www.clarkefoundation.org/images/ACCportrait.jpg 25/3/08
March 25th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
This seems like a great opportunity to list some of his works on the portal(?)