Editorials > Sci-Fi Legend Sir Arthur C. Clarke, 90

A legendary British science fiction author, Sir Arthur C. Clarke, passed away in the early hours of Wednesday morning at his home in Sri Lanka at age 90. Clarke had been wheelchair-bound and suffering the effects of post-polio syndrome since the 1960s. Primarily a novelist and short story writer, his most notable contributions to cinema were the stories that inspired 2001: A Space Odyssey and its less revered sequel 2010: The Year We Make Contact. His Rendezvous with Rama is in the process of being adapted for the screen by director David Fincher.

Clarke was the last surviving member of the "Big Three" of science fiction writers, long outliving his compatriots Dr. Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein. He was only married briefly in the 1950s and had no children.

Clarke released a short video of his personal thoughts and reflections in December of 2007, in time for his 90th birthday. You can watch it here.

(Guardian) 

-David Morgan