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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.

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  1. Re:Now this is someone by Chapter80 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Who actually has done a lot to promote science
    He has.
  2. Re:City and the Stars... by ClioCJS · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I agree wholeheartedly.

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