{"id":1477,"date":"2008-03-18T22:46:06","date_gmt":"2008-03-19T03:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/18\/arthur-c-clarke-rip\/"},"modified":"2008-03-19T08:51:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-19T13:51:00","slug":"arthur-c-clarke-rip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/18\/arthur-c-clarke-rip\/","title":{"rendered":"Arthur C. Clarke &#8211; RIP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/local\/la-me-clarke19mar19,0,393161.story\">Sir Arthur C. Clarke<\/a>, a titan of science fiction is best-known for collaborating with director Stanley Kubrick in writing the landmark film &#8220;2001: A Space Odyssey,&#8221; passed away. He was 90.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The British-born Clarke, who lived in Colombo, Sri Lanka, for decades, died early Wednesday after experiencing breathing problems, an aide, Rohan De Silva, told the Associated Press.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Among his best-known science-fiction novels are &#8220;Childhood&#8217;s End,&#8221; &#8220;Rendezvous With Rama,&#8221; &#8220;Imperial Earth&#8221; and, most famously, &#8220;2001: A Space Odyssey.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"center\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/49268158@N00\/20686956\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/16\/20686956_740a8b3e97.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<small><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.photodropper.com\/creative-commons\/\" title=\"creative commons\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" align=\"absMiddle\" width=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/photo_dropper\/images\/cc.png?resize=16%2C16\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" height=\"16\" \/><\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.photodropper.com\/photos\/\">photo<\/a> credit: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/49268158@N00\/20686956\/\" title=\"sarvodaya.org\">sarvodaya.org<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Clarke is seated on the right.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<dt>Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. <\/dt>\n<dd class=\"author\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.quotationspage.com\/quotes\/Arthur_C._Clarke\/\">Arthur C. Clarke<\/a><\/strong>, <em>&#8220;Profiles of The Future&#8221;, 1961 (Clarke&#8217;s third law)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>English physicist &amp; science fiction author (1917 &#8211; 2008\u00c2\u00a0)<\/em> <\/dd>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sir Arthur C. Clarke, a titan of science fiction is best-known for collaborating with director Stanley Kubrick in writing the landmark film &#8220;2001: A Space Odyssey,&#8221; passed away. He was 90. 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