The one and only king of sci fi /fact passed last night Arthur C Clarke passed in shri lanka aged 90 yrs the man who braught you 2001 ,2010 is with us no more ,lets gather by the fire and tell sad tales,"this man has influenced sci fi for decades. crying into my cornflakes 1917 to 2008 sorry you didnt see 2010 dude, sleep well

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diamond geezer
The Turtle Moves

Another thread is in the other forum

http://forum.alienslegacy.com/viewtopic.php?t=3823

And the three laws of robotics actually come from Isaac Asimov.

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Mike

"We're not heroes - we're from Finchley"

I stand corrected post ammended but you get the idea

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diamond geezer
The Turtle Moves

correct me if I'm wrong but didnt he have the patent on satellites or was somehow involved in satellites something like that?

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If you can't eat it, drink it, smoke it or jump it....RUN!!!

I seem to remember a line from the title sequence of 'Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World' that credited him with inventing the communications satellite. But that was in the 80s, so the memory could be letting me down a little there.
Age 15, I found a copy of 'Of Time And Stars' amongst some books my mother (an avid reader of paperbacks) was given. Read it, loved it, lost it or loaned it. Age 36, I found a reasonable copy with the same cover in a charity shop. It's now sharing shelf space with 2001 and it's brilliant sequels.
90's a damn good innings, but I'm still sad the world's lost someone so optimistic and talented. We're all a little worse off now.

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Quote by Mark Twain goes here.

I favorite author. 2001 is my favorite novel.

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He conceived of the idea of "geosynchronous orbit", now common in satellites
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