Sir Arthur C. Clarke dead at 90

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Side note: he wrote one of my favorite science fiction stories.

Hell, what's happening today? First Anthony Minghella, now Clarke. Sad news.

That's really sad to hear, but he left a hell of a legacy.

R.I.P.

Sad, true, but cheers to anyone who makes it 90.

Extra kudos to anyone who makes it to 90 with post-polio. My grandmother had it and died in her 70s.

And Maggie Smith has announced she's battling breast cancer, its a sad day

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This is sad news.

His works helped open my mind to the infinite possibilities. RIP

im so sad. his work was the first science fiction i read way back when (6th grade? 7th grade?). he inspired what became a life-long love of the genre. the space odyssey books, the rama series, richter 10.

RIP sir, you will be sorely missed.

Childhood's End was the first sci-fi novel I ever read, but we should remember him not just as a brilliant author, but also a man of enormous practical vision. He was among the first to float the idea of geostationary communications satellites.

He had a huge life. If my life is half as huge, I will die content at any age. RIP

Now we'll NEVER know what the room at the end is about.

If my favorite authors would kindly stop croaking already, I'd appreciate it. kthnxbai.

Clarke lived a great and crazy life .. a very full 90 ..

May his soul go on to see all the things he envisioned in his stories.


"My God, it's full of stars!"

I really enjoyed reading the Space Odessy series. I wanna believe an alien monolith some how down loaded his consciesness before he died.

A very very sad day

I'm surprised the movie version of 2010 didn't do it to him long ago.

Rest in Peace sir.

Yeah really. That movie was horrible.

Thank goodness he was not known for that. We could all be so lucky to live to be 90 and have a good life. Regardless, he will be missed.

I read a lot of his stuff. But that one made me think more than any of the others, for some reason.

I read it in like the 5th grade. I still have nightmares about Overlords.

What was that? Nine Billion Names of God?

Yeah. Creeped the hell out of me.