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mani · 19-03-2008, 01:37

writer of over 100bks passed away in sri lanka from a heart attack.

British science fiction writer Sir Arthur C Clarke has died in Sri Lanka at the age of 90. Born in Somerset, he came to fame in 1968 when a short story The Sentinel was made into the film 2001: A Space Odyssey by director Stanley Kubrick.
Once called "the first dweller in the electronic cottage", his vision of future space travel and computing captured the popular imagination.

BBC NEWS | UK | Writer Arthur C Clarke dies at 90

19-03-2008, 01:37	#1
mani Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Accrington Posts: 2,504 Liked: 23 times Rep Power: 830	RIP Sir Arthur C Clarke writer of over 100bks passed away in sri lanka from a heart attack. British science fiction writer Sir Arthur C Clarke has died in Sri Lanka at the age of 90. Born in Somerset, he came to fame in 1968 when a short story The Sentinel was made into the film 2001: A Space Odyssey by director Stanley Kubrick. Once called "the first dweller in the electronic cottage", his vision of future space travel and computing captured the popular imagination. BBC NEWS \| UK \| Writer Arthur C Clarke dies at 90 __________________ If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you - Ghenghis Khan