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Article: Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke dies at 90 in Sri Lanka
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- March 19, 2008
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Arthur C. Clarke, a visionary science fiction writer who wrote "2001: A Space Odyssey" and won worldwide acclaim with more than 100 books on space, science and the future, died Wednesday, an aide said. He was 90.
Clarke, who had battled debilitating post-polio syndrome for years, died in his adopted home of Sri Lanka after suffering breathing problems, aide Rohan De Silva said.
The 1968 story "2001: A Space Odyssey" _ written simultaneously as a novel and screenplay with director Stanley Kubrick _ was a frightening prophecy of artificial intelligence run amok.
One year after it made Clarke a household name in fiction, the scientist entered the homes ...