Arthur C. Clarke, who peered into the heavens with a homemade telescope as a boy and grew up to become a visionary titan of science-fiction writing and collaborated with director Stanley Kubrick on the landmark film "2001: A Space Odyssey", has died. He was 90. The knighted British-born writer died early Wednesday in Colombo, Sri Lanka, where he had made his home for decades, after experiencing a cardio-respiratory attack, his secretary, Rohan De Silva, told Reuters. May he rest in peace, and I'd like to extend my sincere condolences to his family and friends. The pod-bay doors will open for the last time.
To view parent comment, click here.
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
Member since:2005-07-24
You might have done a tiny bit of research, any at all, before making your slanderous accusations. Do you believe everything that people tell you that they read in the National Enquirer, as well?
http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue63/news.html
"""
Science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke has vehemently denied a story in the sensationalist British newspaper The Sunday Mirror that claims Clarke is a pedophile. Earlier this week Clarke released a statement to the press that said, "the accusations are such nonsense that I have found it difficult to treat them with the contempt that they deserve." He added, "I categorically state that The Sunday Mirror's article is grossly defamatory and contains statements which in themselves and by innuendo are quite false, grossly inaccurate and extremely harmful."
"""
The Sunday Mirror is the Sunday version of this tabloid:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sunday_Mirror
Edited 2008-03-19 16:52 UTC
Member since:2006-07-15
Member since:
2008-03-19
Vendetta, Steve? The dude is already dead. I'm just trying to balance the thread. It is not unlikely that the many allegations are true, and in that case he deserves no respect at all. It's pretty much one of the worst crimes a person can do, famous sci. fi writer or not.
Now, that particular link was just a random hit when searching for the case. Granted, he was never convicted or even put on trial. That could say more about the corrupt country of Sri Lanka than his innocence (some articles claims several charges were dropped at the same time.)