Author: Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke is the author of more than sixty books, co-screenwriter (with Stanley Kubrick) of 2001: A Space Odyssey, and the inventor of the concept of geostationary satellite communication. He is a laureate of the International Academy of Humanism.
Ninetieth-Birthday Reflections
This is the text of a video address recorded by Sir Arthur C. Clarke on December 5, 2007, and posted online on the occasion of his ninietieth birthday. It was one of his last public statements prior to his death on March 19, 2008. Hello! This is Arthur Clarke, speaking to you from my home …
Thoughts for Today (and Tomorrow)
Athough I hesitate to criticize whoever is responsible, I cannot help feeling that the Universe is just a little too—ostentatious. Perhaps we should thank the Taliban for finishing the task the Crusades began nine hundred years ago—proving beyond further dispute that Religion is incompatible with Civilization. Religion is a disease promoted by starvation, because hungry …