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Science fiction author Arthur C Clarke dies aged 90

News Type: Event — Seeded on Tue Mar 18, 2008 6:10 PM EDT
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Science fiction writer Arthur C Clarke has died aged 90, it was confirmed tonight.

The visionary author 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.

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Cash

RIP.

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  • 6 votes
Reply#1 - Tue Mar 18, 2008 6:10 PM EDT
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Gwenny

Only one left now? Bradbury is still extant? Wow. I feel old.

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  • 5 votes
Reply#2 - Tue Mar 18, 2008 6:15 PM EDT
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ShaunV

One of my favorite science fiction authors. RIP, Arthur.

At least he made it to 90.

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  • 6 votes
Reply#3 - Tue Mar 18, 2008 6:37 PM EDT
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space guy

Only met him one time through a videoconference.

He was a good guy and lent his name to a lot of good space efforts.

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  • 6 votes
Reply#4 - Tue Mar 18, 2008 6:52 PM EDT
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Eddie French

Rest in Peace.
This is a great loss for the whole world.

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  • 4 votes
Reply#5 - Tue Mar 18, 2008 7:06 PM EDT
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Tedd Riggs

Very awesome man that was my favorite. The satellite world owes alot to his visions.

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  • 6 votes
Reply#6 - Tue Mar 18, 2008 7:13 PM EDT
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Babel Fish
Marking his "90th orbit of the sun" in December, the author said he did not feel "a day over 89" and made three birthday wishes: for ET to call, for man to kick his oil habit and for peace in Sri Lanka.

And may these visions become true, great man, great writer and I have read everyone of his books.

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  • 5 votes
Reply#7 - Tue Mar 18, 2008 7:54 PM EDT
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Eddie French

Babel, He may of course, live again if the DNA that's been sent out is found by an advanced enough civilization.

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  • 4 votes
#7.1 - Tue Mar 18, 2008 8:06 PM EDT
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MinnieApolis

Clarke also popularized the idea of communications satellites; we hardly even think about how this was an unheard of item back in the day.
It is also claimed that the fame of '2001' was such that the command module of the Apollo 13 craft was named "Odyssey". BTW in the 1980's he funded a prize for sci-fi novel, orginally 1000 pounds but it went up to 2001 pounds in 2001, and goes up a pound a year.

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  • 6 votes
Reply#8 - Tue Mar 18, 2008 8:58 PM EDT
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Tedd Riggs

He invented the entire field of Satellite Communications over 60 years ago in 1945. We (COMSAT) and other thru a huge party for him just for that even, something that I will never forgot and has kept me in a career for over 25 years.

60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CLARKE ORBIT

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  • 4 votes
#8.1 - Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:51 AM EDT
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ajs

Thanks Mr. Clarke , you opened my mind.

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  • 6 votes
Reply#9 - Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:11 PM EDT
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Gwenny

The Star had to be the biggest mind altering event in my then young life. You can probably blame Clarke for my being an atheist.

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  • 4 votes
#9.1 - Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:18 AM EDT
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Adam Kemp

:(

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  • 3 votes
Reply#10 - Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:24 PM EDT
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Gaurav Vaidya

Another of the Greats moves on. :(

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  • 2 votes
Reply#11 - Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:20 AM EDT
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Robert Blevins - AB of Seattle

Extreme depression around the AB office...

I directed our modest sci-fi mag, Escape Velocity, to put a hold on fifteen pages from the April issue for a tribute article. Anything else would be unthinkable.

Until then, our collaborative thoughts here at Newsvine: The True Legacy of Sir Arthur C Clarke'

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  • 4 votes
Reply#12 - Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:41 AM EDT
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