Legendary science fiction author Sir Arthur C. Clarke has passed away and the world is a little less brighter for it. Clarke was 90 and had been suffering from the effects of post-polio syndrome. According to the BBC, Sir Arthur died of respiratory complications and heart failure.
Sir Arthur was perhaps best known to the science fiction community as the author of 2001: A Space Odyssey, which was adapted into the film by the same name. Clarke’s other famous works included Rendezvous With Rama (which was still may see production as a film) and 2010: Odyssey Two. He was heralded by many as a visionary of science and technology and received a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994.
Sir Arthur’s legacy lives on with the Arthur C. Clarke award, which is given out each year to the best science fiction novel published in the United Kingdom.
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