Arthur C. Clarke is Dead
Posted at 9:07 AM Mar 19, 2008
Alas, one of the old sci-fi Grandmasters is dead. Author of more than 100 sci-fi books including 2001: A Space Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke died in Sri Lanka at the age of 90. At least he lived long enough to see HAL freak out, although he did die a couple of years before we shot John Lithgow into space. And of course, he didn't even come close to seeing the West German-alien orgies of 2069: A Sex Odyssey. Alas!
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Isaac Asimov: I plan to write 400 books during the next 50 years.
Arthur C. Clarke: Well, I plan to write 50 books during the next 400 years.
I guess Clarke lost the bet. Too bad.
Posted 03/19/2008 at 08:15:19 AM