Science fiction writer and futurist Arthur C. Clarke died Wednesday, March 19 at the age of 90. A visionary who foresaw the advent of the telecommunications satellite, Clarke inspired generations of space enthusiasts and changed the public attitude toward space exploration.
Clarke wrote more than 100 books, but 2001: A Space Odyssey--in both its print and film incarnations--stands above them in pop-cultural significance. With its calm, bloodlessly homicidal computer HAL 9000, it gave us some of sci-fi's most memorable moments. The simple phrase "I'm afraid I can't do that" has never been the same.
Clarke wrote more than 100 books, but 2001: A Space Odyssey--in both its print and film incarnations--stands above them in pop-cultural significance. With its calm, bloodlessly homicidal computer HAL 9000, it gave us some of sci-fi's most memorable moments. The simple phrase "I'm afraid I can't do that" has never been the same.
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