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| − | '''''Arthur Charles Clarke''''' is an [[England|Englishman]] and [[science fiction]] writer. | + | '''''Arthur Charles Clarke''''' is an [[England|Englishman]] and [[science fiction]] writer. He is notable as one of the "Big Three" authors of science fiction, along with [[Isaac Asimov]] and [[Robert A. Heinlein]], both of whom he regarded as friends. |
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| + | He invented the concept of the [[communications satellite]]<ref>[http://www.lsi.usp.br/~rbianchi/clarke/ACC.ETRelays.html 'Extra-Terrestrial Relays' Wireless World, 1945]</ref> and co-wrote the screenplay for the movie ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]''. He lives in [[Sri Lanka]]. | ||
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Revision as of 16:30, March 15, 2007
Arthur Charles Clarke is an Englishman and science fiction writer. He is notable as one of the "Big Three" authors of science fiction, along with Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein, both of whom he regarded as friends.
He invented the concept of the communications satellite[1] and co-wrote the screenplay for the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. He lives in Sri Lanka.