Mar 19 2008R.I.P. Arthur C. Clarke (1917 - 2008)
If you haven't heard, Arthur C. Clarke passed away in Sri Lanka after suffering from breathing problems. He was 90. Best known for writing 2001: A Space Odyssey and developing the idea of geosynchronous orbiting satellites, Clarke was a talented writer, inventor and futurist. I hope even you Mac haters out there can look past that computer in the back and take this time to remember a brilliant mind.
RIP Arthur C. Clarke (December 16, 1917 - March 19, 2008)
Writer Arthur C. Clarke dies at 90 [yahoonews]
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Reader Comments
1. Asbo - March 19, 2008 11:29 AM
Legend.
He has now gone to the big old geostationary orbit in the....er, sky.
2. spiritkittykat - March 19, 2008 12:18 PM
Fantastic man, great writer, visionary. Surely, he will be missed. I love the Rama books...He lived a long, hopefully fulfilled life, one we can all hope to live. R.I.P.
Maybe there will be some coverage of his death on television, if Entertainment Tonight can wrench itself away from some fat contestant on some lame-ass "reality" show...no? Oh, figures.
3. a man - March 19, 2008 12:23 PM
he was a great man and it's a pity he's gone and has no one to continue his legacy.
R.I.P., Arthur Clarke!
4. Me - March 19, 2008 1:12 PM
'Orbiting satellites' is rather generic (hint: the Moon is one).
He actually developed the idea of geosynchronous telecommunications satellites.
5. guate6 - March 19, 2008 1:16 PM
May the Lord repose his soul. Brilliant man, great writer, and one hell of a guy. Shame I didn't know him personally, but would have liked to. Rest in peace good sir.
6. Stobble - March 19, 2008 3:27 PM
You misspelled his name. Twice.
RIP Arthur C. ClarkE.
7. Cryptonic - March 19, 2008 4:14 PM
AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHhh close your Eyes its a MAC
8. HAL - March 19, 2008 4:17 PM
RIP, you were a great mind, man and eye. If we even achieve half of what you have written in your stories....
9. Cyberwulf - March 20, 2008 12:07 AM
It seems the great minds of the past are all dying out, leaving the naive and foolish scuzz of today to inherit that legacy. The world mourns the loss of yet another great mind. Rest in Peace.
10. poop - March 20, 2008 6:06 AM
my favorite author. thanks for the books, you old fart! love ya!
11. Jason - March 20, 2008 10:11 AM
He was also an exemplary pedophile, so he's got that going for him.
12. Joe Melnick - March 20, 2008 10:45 AM
Sorry to burst the bubble, but AC lived in Sri Lanka surrounded by a rotating harem of young boys. Great writer yes - pedophile, also yes.
13. mimang - March 21, 2008 6:39 AM
if he was really a pedophile, then all the achievements he did in this lifetime wouldn't be enough to make up for the little lives he ruined.