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Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (born December 16, 1917) is a British
author and inventor, most famous for his science-fiction novel 2001: A
Space Odyssey, and for collaborating with director Stanley Kubrick on
the film of the same name. Clarke is the last surviving member of what
was sometimes known as the "Big Three" of science fiction, which
included Robert A. Heinlein and Isaac Asimov. Clarke was born in Minehead
in Somerset, England, and as a boy enjoyed stargazing and enthusiastically
read old American science-fiction magazines (pulp magazines, many of which
made their way to England in ships with sailors who read them to pass
the time). After secondary school, and studying at Richard Huish College,
Taunton he was unable to afford a university education and got a job as
an auditor in the pensions section of the Board of Education. During the
Second World War, he served in the Royal Air Force as a radar specialist
and was involved in the early warning radar defence system which contributed
to the RAF's success during the Battle of Britain. He was demobilised
with the rank of Flight Lieutenant. After the war, he obtained a first
class degree in mathematics and physics at King's College London.
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Odyssey of Survival, with Arthur C. Clarke
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Contact: The Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence
Interviews with
Arthur C. Clarke
Q
& A with Arthur C. Clarke
by Michael Fathers
God,
Science, and Delusion
A Chat With Arthur C. Clarke
by Matt Cherry
Books by Arthur C. Clarke
The Nine Million Names of God and Other Short Stories: The Collected Stories of Arthur C Clarke
“I have encountered a few creationists and because they were usually nice, intelligent people, I have been unable to decide whether they were really mad, or only pretending to be mad. If I was a religious person, I would consider creationism nothing less than blasphemy. Do its adherents imagine that God is a cosmic hoaxer who has created that whole vast fossil record for the sole purpose of misleading mankind?”
Articles on Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C Clarke
still looking forward
by Martin Redfern
Millennium
Man: Arthur C. Clarke reflects on his life and times
by Michael Fathers
Arthur
C. Clarke
For decades, the author of the science-fiction classics "2001: A
Space Odyssey" and "Childhood's End" has exhibited an uncanny
ability to see the future.
by Frank Houston
Arthur
C. Clarke Stands By His Belief in Life on Mars
By Leonard David
The Vision of Arthur C. Clarke
Legendary
science fiction writer Arthur C Clarke at 80
Arthur C Clarke, author of 2001: A Space Odyssey and arguably the world's
foremost futurologist, celebrates his 80th birthday this week. Clarke's
most renowned prediction was about the growth of communications satellites,
which he first outlined in 1945. Although born in Britain, he has spent
the last 30 years in Sri Lanka.
by Miles Warde
Writings by Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke Extra Terrestrial Relays
Arthur Clarke's
2001 Diary
...After various false starts and twelve-hour talkathons, by early May
1964 Stanley agreed that "The Sentinel" would provide good story
material. But our first concept, and it is hard now for me to focus on
such an idea, though it would have been perfectly viable -- involved working
up to the discovery of an extraterrestrial artifact as the climax, not
the beginning, of the story. Before that, we would have a series of incidents
or adventures devoted to the exploration of the Moon and Planets. For
this Mark I version, our private title (never of course intended for public
use) was "How the Solar System Was Won."
Predictions for the 21st Century by Arthur C. Clarke
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