Arthur C. Clarke Dies at 90
I fondly remember reading such Clarke classics as “A Fall of Moondust“, “Rendezvous With Rama” and “Childhoods End“, in the 70’s so it was with great sadness that I learned of his death from Heart failure aged 90.
Author of over 100 books, Clarke was a visionary, in the 40’s he predicted the communications satellite and mobile phone. In 1965 he wrote 2001 a Space Odyssey, based on his short story “The Sentinel” and was nominated for an Oscar for the screenplay of the film in 1968 with Stanley Kubrick with whom he co-wrote the screenplay.
On his 90th birthday Arthur listed three wishes for the world: -
- To embrace cleaner energy resources
- For a lasting peace in his homeland of Sri Lanka
- For evidence of extraterrestrial beings.
Rest in peace Arthur, child of the stars.
March 19th, 2008 at 5:46 am
Hi George
Sad news indeed
Do you remember that tv series Arthur C. Clarke’s Mysterious World?
March 19th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Hi Jimmy,
Spookily I was trying out a Wordpress theme called Kubrick just before I learned of Clarke’s demise. Now that’s a story for Mysterious World if Ever There Was One.
As an aside, have you checked out the new Nick Cave album yet? It’s superb, a bizare mish mash of styles, reminiscent of such diverse talents as Jim Morrison, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Nick Drake. Fantastic.