Science Fiction Author, Arthur C. Clarke, dies

From Arthur C. Clarke

Science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke, who co-wrote the epic film “2001: A Space Odyssey” and raised the idea of communications satellites in the 1940s, died Wednesday at age 90, an associate confirmed. Clarke died early Wednesday at a hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka, where he had lived since the 1950s, said Scott Chase, the secretary of the nonprofit Arthur C. Clarke Foundation. “He had been taken to hospital in what we had hoped was one of the slings and arrows of being 90, but in this case it was his final visit,” Chase said.

While this sad news isn’t directly related to gaming, there is no denying the impact that this amazing man had on influencing the science fiction genre was huge. One of my coworkers just passed by my desk and I said, “Hey, Arthur C. Clark died today.” He said, “No!!!” After a bit of discussion he told me, “You know, he probably didn’t die. They just put a body in his place and he went back to where he came from.” Yeah. Definitely.