Author Arthur C. Clarke Dies at 90
The news is traveling fast that well known author Arthur C. Clarke died this week in Sri Lanka. Clarke, who had been battling illness for most of his life, is said to have had breathing problems before passing away early in the morning.
Clarke was born in Minehead, England, December 16th 1917 and found his love of science fiction at a young age. It wasn’t long before he began writing his own short stories and articles.
The author and inventor is probably best known for his novel 2001: A Space Odyssey and for the movie by the same name. However, Clarke did and wrote much more beyond that. While his life certainly held its own fair share of controversy, I still tip my hat to a man who could write so much in one life.
Here is a list of just some of the many things he has written.
Prelude to Space (1951)
Islands in the Sky (1952)
Childhood’s End (1953)
Earthlight (1955)
The City and the Stars (1956)
The Deep Range (1957)
A Fall of Moondust (1961)
Dolphin Island (1963)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Rendezvous with Rama (1972)
Imperial Earth (1975)
The Fountains of Paradise (1979)
2010: Odyssey Two (1982)
The Songs of Distant Earth (1986)
2061: Odyssey Three (1988)
A Meeting with Medusa (1988)
Rama II (1989) (with Gentry Lee)
Beyond the Fall of Night (1990) (with Gregory Benford)
The Ghost from the Grand Banks (1990)
Rama Revealed (1993) (with Gentry Lee)
The Hammer of God (1993)
3001: The Final Odyssey (1997)
Time’s Eye (2003) (with Stephen Baxter)
Sunstorm (2005) (with Stephen Baxter)
Firstborn (2007) (with Stephen Baxter)
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