Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, I met him at Delhi airport, because he noticed that I was reading what I consider his best book "Childhood's End", and came across and signed it.... Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 1:34 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr@gmail.com> wrote: > According to the Associated Press: > > Science-fiction writer, inventor and futurist Arthur C. Clarke has died. > > Clarke died early Wednesday after suffering from breathing problems, the > Associated Press reported. He was 90 years old. He suffered from > post-polio > syndrome and was confined to a wheelchair toward the end of his life. > > Clarke wrote more than 100 sci-fi books, including "2001: A Space > Odyssey." > > > He is credited with coming up with the idea for the communications > satellite and predicting space travel before rockets were even test fired. > > Also on topic: > > Leica Photography Vol. 7, No. 2, Summer, 1954 Issue profiled Leica > Photographer Arthur C. Clarke > > An interesting anecdote on "Lewis and Clarke" > > http://oxfordinklings.blogspot.com/2007/06/arthur-c-clarke-cs-lewis.html > - > -- > Regards, > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > Natchitoches, Louisiana > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >