Category: A Tribute to Arthur C. Clarke
Introduction
Sir Arthur C. Clarke was one of the greatest futurists and science-fiction writers of the twentieth century. He authored some one hundred books, including 2001: A Space Odyssey. He cowrote the screenplay for the film of the same name with Stanley Kubrick, who directed and produced the movie. Sir Arthur was a longtime secular humanist. …
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 …
A Star Has Gone Out
A bone was hurled high into the air by a prehistoric hand. When it came down, it was a spaceship. All of human history was encapsulated between these two shots of that now-famous montage in the 1968 film, 2001: A Space Odyssey. Even more amazing: all of human history was also being discounted as nothing …
The Ideas of Arthur C. Clarke
Most critical discussions of Arthur C. Clarke’s writings rarely delve beyond his stories and novels; but to understand his fiction, one must examine how Clarke thought about future pos sibilities. His approach to looking ahead is the basis of his vision of human history and its promise. Clarke fulfilled the ambitions of science fiction (SF) …