In memoriam: Arthur C. Clarke
by Thomas Brock - March 19th, 2008.Filed under: In Memoriam, Reading.
CNN.
Author Arthur C. Clarke, whose science fiction and non-fiction works ranged from the script for “2001: A Space Odyssey” to an early proposal for communications satellites, has died at age 90, associates have said.
It was 2001: A Space Odyssey that really turned me on to science fiction. A man in space…A psychotic robot…An alien monolith…The search for the human origin, even though those on the search didn’t realize it.
I’ve enjoyed sci-fi since. Whether it’s Star Wars, Star Trek, books, teevee, or film, I can watch or read science fiction for hours. And it’s all because of Arthur C. Clarke.
Thank you, Mr. Clarke, for your gift to the world, and your gift to me.
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