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[[File:Arthur C. Clarke 1965.jpg|thumb|450px|Arthur C. Clarke in 1965, on the set of [[2001: A Space Odyssey|some movie he was involved with]].]]

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One of the world's most famous science fiction writers, '''Arthur C. Clarke''' (1917 - 2008) was responsible for works such as ''[[Childhood's End]]'', the ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' series, ''[[Rendezvous With Rama]]'' and ''[[The Songs of Distant Earth]]''. He influenced almost all the science fiction that has arrived in his wake, from ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' to ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''. Much of his fiction features [[O. Henry]] style [[Twist Ending~~|twist endings~~]] at the end of each story or chapter. He is considered one of the "Big Three" of [[Science Fiction]] along with [[Isaac Asimov]] and [[Robert A. Heinlein]]. He was the last of the Big Three to leave us, after [[Robert A. Heinlein|Heinlein]] and [[Isaac Asimov|Asimov]], in that order.

One of the world's most famous science fiction writers, '''Arthur C. Clarke''' (1917 - 2008) was responsible for works such as ''[[Childhood's End]]'', the ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' series, ''[[Rendezvous With Rama]]'' and ''[[The Songs of Distant Earth]]''. He influenced almost all the science fiction that has arrived in his wake, from ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' to ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''. Much of his fiction features [[O. Henry]] style [[Twist Ending]]s at the end of each story or chapter. He is considered one of the "Big Three" of [[Science Fiction]] along with [[Isaac Asimov]] and [[Robert A. Heinlein]]. He was the last of the Big Three to leave us, after [[Robert A. Heinlein|Heinlein]] and [[Isaac Asimov|Asimov]], in that order.

He is often credited with inventing the geostationary communications satellite, although in fact he did not originate the idea.

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* ''[[Childhood's End]]''

* ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]''

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* [[Author Appeal]]:

** Communications satellites.

** In a somewhat sad example, rarely do love interests work out for the good. A common phrase used in his collections of short stories is "married another man." In the Space Odyssey series, Heywood Floyd is divorced twice with the second being on his way to Jupiter. In 3001 the first woman Poole falls for ends up horrified due to a 'deformation', and the second relationship falls apart romantically 15 years after they get married and have kids.

** In a somewhat sad example, rarely do love interests work out for the good. A common phrase used in his collections of short stories is "married another man." In the ''Space Odyssey'' series, Heywood Floyd is divorced twice with the second time being on his way to Jupiter. In ''3001'' the first woman Poole falls for ends up horrified due to a 'deformation', and the second relationship falls apart romantically 15 years after they get married and have kids.

* [[Ironic Echo]]: Pretty much all of the ''Harry Purvis'' tales.

* [[Local Hangout]]: The ''White Hart''.

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