Arthur C Clarke has died

[shadowknows69]

Breaking on CNN.com

[Beaverhausen]

1. Whoa

[AlCzervik]

2. i hope he's off to his own great Odyssey. Rip good sir.

[sonias]

3. That's heartbreaking

:cry:

Rest in Peace Mr. Clarke.


Sonia

[Fire Walk With Me]

4. No. No.

An honorable march in his considerable honor, then:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=81bxIH9uvhk

That's all I've got for someone who has given so very much.

[shireen]

11. Peake , that snowflake image is beautiful

where did you find it? I love snowflakes, the different geometric patterns are mesmerizing.

[Fire Walk With Me]

19. It's a water crystal.

http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&q=emoto&btnG=Search+Images

[The Straight Story]

5. His own Rendezvous with Rama

He will be missed by many.

[shireen]

9. after 2001, that was my fav. book! nt

[Dr. Strange]

23. And our own Childhood's End.

:cry:

[sammythecat]

6. That's too bad. I always liked him. A wise man.

[Mike03]

7. Wow. 2001: A Space Odyssey was the first movie I ever saw

in a theater. My dad took me when I was about five years old. Later I read Clarke's short story "The Sentinel," his adaptation of the film, and the sequel "2010." He was an enlightened, thoughtful man and... I'll miss knowing that he's alive and on this planet with us.

Maybe he will be reborn as the Star Child.

Sad...

If there's a Heaven, I'm sure he and Kubrick are sharing a bottle of good wine and arguing over rewrites.

[shireen]

8. very sad to hear that

he was a major influence in my childhood, along with the late Carl Sagan, and BBC's Patrick Moore (whom i had the pleasure of meeting several years ago, a very nice man!). They inspired me to pursue a career in space sciences, where I am today, which is a labor of love.

[muriel_volestrangler]

29. In that case, you might like this tribute to him by Patrick Moore

via a phone interview

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7304004.stm (on the right hand side)

[cascadiance]

10. Damn, was just watching 2001 as my first Blue Ray DVD a couple of days ago!...

That sucks! That was such a magnificent work... Perhaps now he can work with Kubrick on a real sequel from where the inspiration came from for both of those guys when they were down here.

[n2doc]

One o the great great SF writers

RIP, Sir Arthur. You opened a lot of people's eyes to the future , including a 9 year old boy who devoured your works....

[The Doctor.]

12. The world would not be what it is today without him... by a LOT.

If you like instant worldwide communication, you can thank him.


He has left his fountains of paradise for all of us.

[spanone]

13. damn.....rip

none of us get out of this gig alive

[DainBramaged]

14. FUCk

I have some of his books, signed by him in the Seventies.

He made my childhood a time of wonderment and made me dream of the future.

RIP my friend, rest in peace.:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[uppityperson]

15. RIP to a great writer. Been reading him for a long long time.

[crimsonblue]

16. Good travels to you kind sir...

on your journey to the realms beyond our own. You were a cool dude.

[nashville_brook]

17. i just bought his collected short stories a week ago...

may he travel in peace.

[Altean Wanderer]

18. Onward to the second planet of Tau Ceti

I read most of his major works in the 70's and 80's - what a visionary. He'll get to watch it unfold from a higher realm.

[I work for workers]

20. RIP. I enjoyed every one of his works that I read/watched or played.

[tridim]

21. Huge loss IMO

Clarke was a great man.

[liberaldem4ever]

22. Sad to hear that n/t

[librechik]

24. Star Child--almost had me convinced he couldn't die.

[magellan]

25. We just found out

RIP, Mr. Clarke. You were a truly gifted man and you gave us so much.

Our loss is the universe's gain.

:cry:

[Jack Rabbit]

26. Musical Interlude

Please click here.

[Jacobin]

31. Thank you for that. I just got chills down my spine

[FatDave]

27. Farewell

He was my favorite author. I will miss him greatly.

[Hekate]

28. In the light of other days he will learn the 9 billion names of God...

In a city among the stars, watching a fall of moondust with Kurt Vonnegut, Robert Heinlein, and the others who have gone before...

Farewell and thank you for everything, rest sweetly Arthur Clarke.

Hekate

[Jacobin]

30. A great mind has left us

I feel emptier in the universe now.

He came up with the idea of geo-synchronous satellites that make a lot of our communications possible, 20 years before they were technically possible.

[tachyon]

36. I suppose most of us know the piece of space that holds the satellites is named for him.

:D

[Liberal In Texas]

32. Another great one passes. RIP Sir Arthur.

I remember seeing him speak at my university when I was a student in the late 60's. I had a battered paperback copy of 2001 and was too embarrassed by the book's condition to ask him to sign it. Later over the years, I wished many times that I had.

He inspired a generation of young people who would become writers, scientists, and space explorers.

The movie 2001: A Space Odyssey on which he collaborated with Stanley Kubrick changed forever how Hollywood would produce science fiction films.

"Influential" understates his contribution to how we think about the universe we live in.

An interesting note from the BBC:

"Sir Arthur has left written instructions that his funeral be strictly secular," his secretary, Nalaka Gunawardene, was quoted as saying by news agency AFP.
She said the author had requested "absolutely no religious rites of any kind".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7304004.stm

He will be missed.

[SidDithers]

33. Very sad...

He was a most excellent writer.

Sid

[Fire Walk With Me]

34. Kick for one of the true greats.

[Liberal In Texas]

35. Kick for anyone who hasn't seen this yet. n/t