RIP: Arthur C. Clarke
March 19, 2008
What is the second major loss to the sci-fi community this month, award winning British science fiction author, inventor, and futurist, Arthur C. Clarke, most famous for his novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, has passed away. Clarke penned dozens of novels over the years from his 1951 Prelude to Space, to the soon to be published The Last Theorem. Aside from his visionary novels, Clarke penned the concept of the geostationary communications satellite in 1945 that is said to be the basis for the modern satellite communication network. Arthur C. Clarke always reached for the stars and now that he has reached the final frontier, he will forever live among them.
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