Arthur C. Clarke 1917-2008

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18 Mar 2008, 6:04 pm

Science Fiction author and inventor of the communication satellite has passed away at age 90....
More at this link:
http://www.showbuzz.cbsnews.com/stories ... 8989.shtml
http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/0 ... index.html

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18 Mar 2008, 6:10 pm

richie wrote:

Science Fiction author and inventor of the communication satellite has passed away at age 90....

Thanks for the info.-hadn't heard of his passing.
He was a fascinating person, in the fictional works he created & the non-fiction (artificial satellites) he made real.
Enjoyed reading 2001, 2010, and 2061.

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18 Mar 2008, 6:12 pm

I thought he had already died. He will be missed.

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18 Mar 2008, 7:07 pm

http://www.bigpond.com/news/entertainme ... 193681.asp

He was practically immortal already. 90 years, wow. And lucid up to the end.

*Salutes*

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18 Mar 2008, 7:19 pm

Quatermass wrote:

http://www.bigpond.com/news/entertainme ... 193681.asp

He was practically immortal already. 90 years, wow. And lucid up to the end.

*Salutes*

And optimistic to the end as well....

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18 Mar 2008, 8:04 pm

2008: The Completed Odyssey topic

Also Sprach Zarathrustra Theme: The Clarke Supernova. The brilliance fades into the silence of the Ulimate Infinity.

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18 Mar 2008, 8:05 pm

And I recently read 3001. Any idea as to the cause?

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18 Mar 2008, 8:11 pm

probably old age... Of course, living in a war zone (Sri Lanka) probaby isn't good for the digestion, either.

He didn't actually invent the satellite, only the idea. He ruefully admitted later that he should have patented it...

Have many of his books, some great, some not so great. He will be missed.

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18 Mar 2008, 8:12 pm

Apera wrote:

And I recently read 3001. Any idea as to the cause?

90 years old? He probably just stopped. They said he had been having trouble breathing.

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18 Mar 2008, 8:52 pm

A LOLcat tribute...

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18 Mar 2008, 9:04 pm

I heard of his passing. He had been ill for a number of years, and he was a very intelligent ,thought provoking man.

I enjoyed his books .

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18 Mar 2008, 9:08 pm

I just finished reading The City and the Stars, Clark and Asimov are my favorite authors.

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19 Mar 2008, 1:01 am

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

A grand old man, his stories will be with us forever.

I used one of his stories as the theme of a presentation about Deep Blue:Quarentine

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19 Mar 2008, 1:35 am

The question is, will his coffin be black and rectangular... and will they shoot it off into space?

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19 Mar 2008, 9:03 am

He was my favorite author. :cry: RIP Mr. Clarke.

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19 Mar 2008, 11:38 am

He suffered from Post-Polio syndrome, and reportedly died of a breathing problem.
A great writer, always thought "Childhood's End" a classic.

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