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From this article: Arthur C. Clarke, the U.K. science- fiction writer and futurist visionary best known for the novel adapted for the film ``2001: A Space Odyssey,'' has died. He was 90.
...He said his wish was to be remembered ``most as a writer, one who entertained readers and hopefully stretched their imaginations as well.''
The Command Module of the Apollo 13 rocket was named after Clarke's ``Odyssey'' epic, as was the 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter,a spacecraft searching for signs of water and volcanoes on the planet Mars. The asteroid 4923 Clarke, discovered in 1981, and the Serendipaceratops arthurcclarkei, a ceratopsian dinosaur discovered in Inverloch, Australia, both bear his name.
I knew he'd been a fairly successful sci-fi author. What I hadn't known was that he was responsible for such ideas as geo-synchronous satellites and "space elevators".
Mr. Clarke, I have no doubt that you accomplished what you wished -- entertaining readers, and stretching their imaginations. Like so many sci-fi writers of your era, you clearly had an impact on many lives, as evidenced by such things as the names listed above.
Fare thee well, sir, and may your new Odyssey be even better than this one was.
...He said his wish was to be remembered ``most as a writer, one who entertained readers and hopefully stretched their imaginations as well.''
The Command Module of the Apollo 13 rocket was named after Clarke's ``Odyssey'' epic, as was the 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter,a spacecraft searching for signs of water and volcanoes on the planet Mars. The asteroid 4923 Clarke, discovered in 1981, and the Serendipaceratops arthurcclarkei, a ceratopsian dinosaur discovered in Inverloch, Australia, both bear his name.
I knew he'd been a fairly successful sci-fi author. What I hadn't known was that he was responsible for such ideas as geo-synchronous satellites and "space elevators".
Mr. Clarke, I have no doubt that you accomplished what you wished -- entertaining readers, and stretching their imaginations. Like so many sci-fi writers of your era, you clearly had an impact on many lives, as evidenced by such things as the names listed above.
Fare thee well, sir, and may your new Odyssey be even better than this one was.
