Arthur C Clarke Is Dead 0
Mar19
Arthur C Clarke has died today, aged 90.
Most famous for the wonderful 2001: A Space Odyssey, which he created with his friend Stanley Kubrick, Clarke was a science fiction writer without compare.
He gave us so much more though, for starters the principles behind geo-stationery satellites were one of his works. In case you’re not familiar with the premise, it is essentially what allows things like Sky television to work. I suppose for some people, that might make him a bit of a villain!
His books are uniformly stunning, crammed full of amazing ideas and are written with a style that belies their geekiness.
He shall be missed.