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[[File:Clarke cropped.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Sir Arthur C. Clarke at his home in 2005]]

[[File:Clarke cropped.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Sir Arthur C. Clarke at his home in 2005]]

Sir '''Arthur Charles Clarke''' ([[Minehead]], [[Somerset]], 6 December 1917 – [[Colombo]], [[Sri Lanka]], 19 March 2008) was a [[British people|British]] [[author]] and [[inventor]]. He was most famous for his [[science fiction]] [[novel]] ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', and for working with [[movie director|director]] [[Stanley Kubrick]] on the movie of the same name. Clarke and [[Isaac Asimov]] were probably the two best-known science fiction writers of their day.

Sir '''Arthur Charles Clarke''' ([[Minehead]], [[Somerset]], 6 December 1917 – [[Colombo]], [[Sri Lanka]], 19 March 2008) was a [[British people|British]] [[writer]] and [[inventor]]. He was most famous for his [[science fiction]] [[novel]] ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', and for working with [[movie director|director]] [[Stanley Kubrick]] on the movie of the same name. Clarke and [[Isaac Asimov]] were probably the two best-known science fiction writers of their day.

Some of Clarke's novels include ''[[Childhood's End]]'', ''[[A Fall of Moondust]]'', ''[[The Songs of Distant Earth]]'', ''[[The Sands of Mars]]'', and ''[[Meeting with Medusa]]''. He also wrote many [[short story|short stories]], and several serious works on science.<ref>Clarke, Arthur C. 1950. ''Interplanetary flight: an introduction to astronautics''. London: Temple Press.</ref><ref>Clarke, Arthur C. 1951. ''The exploration of space''. London: Temple Press, 1951. Updated/revised 1959 and 1979 (with a new introduction).</ref><ref>Clarke, Arthur C. 1962. ''Profiles of the future''. London: Gollancz, and Pan Books.</ref>

Some of Clarke's novels include ''[[Childhood's End]]'', ''[[A Fall of Moondust]]'', ''[[The Songs of Distant Earth]]'', ''[[The Sands of Mars]]'', and ''[[Meeting with Medusa]]''. He also wrote many [[short story|short stories]], and several serious works on science.<ref>Clarke, Arthur C. 1950. ''Interplanetary flight: an introduction to astronautics''. London: Temple Press.</ref><ref>Clarke, Arthur C. 1951. ''The exploration of space''. London: Temple Press, 1951. Updated/revised 1959 and 1979 (with a new introduction).</ref><ref>Clarke, Arthur C. 1962. ''Profiles of the future''. London: Gollancz, and Pan Books.</ref>

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