Hernandez Life » Other http://hernandezlife.com A blog about our life, family, & interests. Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:02:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Arthur C Clarke Has Past Away http://hernandezlife.com/2008/03/19/arthur-c-clarke-dies/ http://hernandezlife.com/2008/03/19/arthur-c-clarke-dies/#comments Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:52:29 +0000 Rick http://www.hernandezlife.com/2008/03/19/arthur-c-clarke-dies/ ArthurCClark.jpgAll time great science fiction writer Sir Arthur C Clarke, author of more than 100 books, has died today in Sri Lanka at the age of 90 after a cardio-respiratory attack. Born in 1917 in England, Arthur C Clarke had lived in Sri Lanka for more than half a century. He came to popular fame in 1968 when the short story The Sentinel was made into the film 2001: A Space Odyssey by director Stanley Kubrick. However he made his first mark on this world during World War II when he published a visionary paper detailing the conditions of placing a satellite in geostationary orbit. He was paid about 20 dollars for the theory that launched a multi billion dollar industry.

Clarke always wanted to be allowed to make three wishes. Peace in Sri Lanka, evidence of extra-terrestrial life and for the world to adopt cleaner forms of energy. Recently at his 90th birthday, confined to a wheelchair due to the effects of childhood polio, Clarke said “I have no regrets and no more personal ambitions”.

Other notable books included:

  • Childhood’s End
  • Rendezvous With Rama
  • Songs of Distant Earth
  • Against the Fall of Night
  • The Fountains of Paradise
  • City and Stars
  • Expedition to Earth
  • Islands in the Sky
  • Nine Billion Names of God
  • Earthlight
  • Against Infinity
  • A Fall of Moondust

He will be sorely missed!

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