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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: Chris_ on March 18, 2008, 05:16:15 PM
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Science fiction author Arthur C Clarke dies aged 90
Science fiction writer Sir Arthur C Clarke has died aged 90 in his adopted home of Sri Lanka, it was confirmed tonight.
Clarke, who had battled debilitating post-polio syndrome since the 1960s and sometimes used a wheelchair, died at 1:30 a.m. after suffering breathing problems, aide Rohan De Silva said.
The visionary author of over 100 books, who predicted the existance of satellites, was most famous for his novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, and for his collaboration with director Stanley Kubrick on the film of the same name
He was also credited with the concept of communications satellites in 1945, decades before they became a reality.
Clarke was the last surviving member of what was sometimes known as the "Big Three" of science fiction alongside Robert A. Heinlein and Isaac Asimov.
:bawl:
...one of my favorite authors. :bawl:
MORE (http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article3579120.ece)
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Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke, whose work included '2001: A Space Odyssey,' has died, a secretary at his foundation tells CNN.
http://edition.cnn.com/
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beat ya by 42 seconds. :-)
http://www.conservativescave.com/index.php?topic=4403.msg53962#new
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He just had a birthday a couple months ago, I think. I heard him on the radio at the time. He did not sound good.
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This year is the 40th anniversary of 2001: A Space Oddessy. I'm going to meet the two stars from the movie in July in Louisville Ky. This is sad news. I read his books in High School
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beat ya by 42 seconds. :-)
http://www.conservativescave.com/index.php?topic=4403.msg53962#new
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