Science fiction author Arthur C Clarke dies aged 90

[OrangeEmpire]

Science fiction author Arthur C Clarke dies aged 90 - Times Online

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 existence of satellites, was most famous for his short story "The Sentinel," on which filmmaker Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" was based.
He was also credited with inventing the concept of communications satellites in 1945, decades before they became a reality.

Thoughts?

[SWIL]

First Gary Gygax, now this?! Who's next? Leonard Nimoy?

[RockyTopEmpire]

I think.....

if I live to 90, that would be good

[hohenfelsvol]

Always sad when a visionary passes on. RIP.

[True_Fan]

From an interview he gave in 1997:

Clarke is said to have often ignored his own one-question rule and answered questions on a variety of topics, including extraterrestrials and UFOs.

"One thing is certain -- if extraterrestrial beings do visit our planet, they won't be little green men," he told the Sydney Daily Telegraph in 1997. "In fact, they won't be human at all. So when someone says they've seen, let alone been kidnapped by, beings with a head, eyes, limbs and a body, I know they are deceiving themselves.

"They may believe it's happening, but they are wrong. Look at the incredible variety of life forms on this planet -- yet all these extraterrestrials look like refugees from Central Casting."

“Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.”
- ACC

RIP

[rexvol]

Ringworld is a classic, period.