Childhood’s End
Wednesday March 19th 2008, 8:05 am
Filed under: arthur c clarke, obituary, science fiction

Sir Arthur C. Clarke has died.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Arthur C. Clarke, a visionary science fiction writer who co-wrote “2001: A Space Odyssey” and won worldwide acclaim with more than 100 books on space, science and the future, died Wednesday, an aide said. He was 90…

In an interview with The Associated Press, Clarke once said he did not regret having never followed his novels into space, adding that he had arranged to have DNA from strands of his hair sent into orbit.

“One day, some super civilization may encounter this relic from the vanished species and I may exist in another time,” he said. “Move over, Stephen King.”

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