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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Like most scientists and nerds, the innovative and often science-fictiony work of Stanley Kubrick holds a spot of honor in my heart. However, the man himself was an sometimes seen as an enigma, a very private person.
Stanley Kubrick is my favorite director. Now, you can download the movie that started it all: his seldom-seen 1951 debut "Day of the Fight."
"How inappropriate to call this planet Earth, when clearly it is Ocean."
My new pal Dr.
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.