Arthur C. Clarke is 90 today. He has three wishes:
Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke listed three wishes on his 90th birthday Sunday: for the world to embrace cleaner energy resources, for a lasting peace in his adopted home, Sri Lanka, and for evidence of extraterrestrial beings.
Like many of my generation I first became familiar with his works via his collaboration with Stanley Kubrick on the film 2001: A Space Odyssey. It remains one of my favorite movies (and books). ACC shares this birthday with Ludwig van Beethoven, who also shared a collaboration of sorts with Kubrick via A Clockwork Orange.
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Also noteworthy are Clarke's laws of prediction from "Hazards of Prophecy: The Failure of Imagination" in Profiles of the Future.
"For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert."
now that's beautiful (and true).
I wished ACC happy b-day on some website I can't remember the URL now, a long with a cast of thousands of fan-boys and girls.
Childhood's End, Rama, 2001, all classics to be sure.
#4: Wisdom in world leadership.
(Actually, the first two wishes telescope into this one, with one to spare!)
Arthur C. Clarke is 90 today. He has three wishes:
Happy Birthday Arthur! Here's hoping you get to see all your wishes come true!
Dave Briggs :~)
The obvious implication of Rule #3 is that if a technology is distinguishable from magic, it is insufficiently advanced.
Happy Birthday, Sir Arthur, and may your every wish be granted.