Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Arthur C. Clarke Is Dead At 90

Posted by kdawson on from the pod-bay-doors-are-open dept.

Many readers are sending in word that Arthur C. Clarke has died in Sri Lanka. He wrote over 100 books including 2001: A Space Odyssey and Rendezvous With Rama, and popularized the ideas of geosynchronous communications satellites and space elevators.

5 of 538 comments (clear)

  1. yes, but did netcraft confirm it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If netcraft didn't confirm it, he's not dead

  2. Re:shame. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The fact that Obama pisses off knuckledraggers like you is just another reason to vote for him.

  3. Double author books by qbzzt · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I know from his posts on Baen's bar that Eric Flint does contribute a lot to books that he co-writes with lesser known authors. Then again, he is shrewd enough to know he has a brand to protect, possibly for decades. I'm pretty sure that John Ringo does the same with the Posleen series.

    --
    -- Support a free market in the field of government
  4. Re:Thinking not just of Clarke but all of Discover by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Because you're a man, and crying over feelings is gay. Did you learn nothing from school?

  5. Re:Thinking not just of Clarke but all of Discover by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    shut the fuck up!