Today, with 90 years of age, one of the most famous science-fiction drivers of all time has died. Together with Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke made a literary genre I love more popular and helped to introduce it to the popular culture. Of course his job wouldn't have been as successful without Stanley's Kubrick help, but even though his work has been vital to the history of Science-Fiction. His "2001: an space odyssey", both the film and the books are famous world wide and still a recurrent conversation theme. His personal live presents some shadows, like when he was accused of being a paedophile, but it was never really proved.An one think not many people know is that he invented the concept of the geostationary artificial satellites and its uses to telecomunications. His paper "Extra-Terrestrial Realys— Can Rocket Stations Give Worldwide Radio Coverage?" published in Wireless World in 1945.
In any case, goodbye Mr. Clarke.
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