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Article: Tribute to Sir Arthur C. Clarke before his death in March at age 90, Sir Arthur C. Clarke greeted many visitors from around the world. among them was Venezuelan futurist and transhumanist scholar Jose Cordeiro, who here recounts his meetings with Clarke in Sri Lanka.(Interview)(Excerpt)
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- The Futurist
- Article date:
- July 1, 2008
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Like many people, from the very young to the very old, I was fascinated by the ideas and writings of Sir Arthur C. Clarke. He was a very prolific writer, with close to 100 books and more than 1,000 articles. He was also involved in many ways with the film industry, from his landmark 2001: A Space Odyssey with director Stanley Kubrick in 1968 to numerous documentaries about space and the future. An inventor and a futurist who met presidents, popes, and entrepreneurs alike, he was also a longtime member of the World Future Society's Global Advisory Council.
On December 16, 2007, Clarke had "completed 90 orbits around the Sun," as he would say in his famous ...