Arthur C. Clarke: 1917-2008

I will always have a soft spot in my heart for Arthur C. Clarke because my dad, who is not much of a reader, apperently gorged on his work as a teen, he still has a small stack of 40+ year old paperbacks of Clarke's ficiton in the garage. Also Clarke invented the artificial satalite, lived in Sir Lanka, and is responsiable for one of the most respected trippy movies of all times, which makes him kind of awsome.