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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]]''. ~~Has~~ 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 Heinlein and 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|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.

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