Arthur C. Clarke

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British person essayist futurist human inventor novelist science fiction writer screenwriter short story writer

Arthur C. Clarke was a British science fiction writer and futurist best known for works like "2001: A Space Odyssey" and for popularizing concepts such as geostationary communications satellites.

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Arthur C. Clarke canonical 61
Arthur C. Clark 1
Arthur Charles Clarke 1

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instanceOf British person ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
futurist ⓘ
human ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
science fiction writer ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
awardReceived Hugo Award ⓘ
Kalinga Prize ⓘ
Knight Bachelor ⓘ
Locus Award ⓘ
Nebula Award ⓘ
SFWA Grand Master Award ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
respiratory failure ⓘ
coAuthor Gentry Lee ⓘ
Michael Kube-McDowell ⓘ
Paul Preuss ⓘ
Stephen Baxter ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Sri Lanka ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1917-12-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2008-03-19 ⓘ
educatedAt King’s College London ⓘ
surface form: King's College London
familyName Clarke ⓘ
fieldOfWork futurology ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
space exploration ⓘ
fullName Arthur C. Clarke self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Arthur Charles Clarke
givenName Arthur ⓘ
hasAphorism Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. ⓘ
honorificTitle Sir ⓘ
influenced Isaac Asimov ⓘ
Stephen Baxter ⓘ
many later science fiction writers ⓘ
influencedBy Herbert George Wells ⓘ
surface form: H. G. Wells

Olaf Stapledon ⓘ
knownFor 2001: A Space Odyssey ⓘ
Clarke's three laws ⓘ
popularizing the concept of geostationary communications satellites ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Air Force ⓘ
movement Golden Age of Science Fiction ⓘ
notableWork 2001: A Space Odyssey ⓘ
A Fall of Moondust ⓘ
Against the Fall of Night ⓘ
Childhood's End ⓘ
Earthlight ⓘ
Imperial Earth ⓘ
Profiles of the Future ⓘ
Rendezvous with Rama ⓘ
Tales from the White Hart ⓘ
The City and the Stars ⓘ
The Fountains of Paradise ⓘ
The Nine Billion Names of God ⓘ
The Other Side of the Sky ⓘ
The Sentinel ⓘ
The Songs of Distant Earth ⓘ
occupation futurist ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
science fiction writer ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
television presenter ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Minehead, Somerset, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath Colombo ⓘ
surface form: Colombo, Sri Lanka
positionHeld chair of the British Interplanetary Society ⓘ
proposedConcept geostationary communications satellite ⓘ
publication "Extra-Terrestrial Relays" (1945 article on communications satellites) ⓘ
religion agnosticism ⓘ
residence Colombo ⓘ
surface form: Colombo, Sri Lanka
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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Herbert George Wells → influenced → Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ
Isaac Asimov → influenced → Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ
Del Rey Books → hasPublishedAuthor → Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Arthur Charles Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke Award → namedAfter → Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ
Arthur C. Clarke Award → founder → Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ
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Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame induction → notableInductee → Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ
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The Viking Press → hasAuthorPublished → Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ
John Fritz Medal → notableRecipient → Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ
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Olaf Stapledon → influenced → Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ
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2001: A Space Odyssey → screenwriter → Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ
2001: A Space Odyssey → author → Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ
Childhood's End → author → Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ
Profiles of the Future → author → Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ
A Fall of Moondust → author → Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ
Imperial Earth → author → Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ
Against the Fall of Night → author → Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ
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Tales from the White Hart → author → Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ
Clarke's three laws → author → Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ
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The City and the Stars → author → Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ
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The Other Side of the Sky → author → Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ
Jules Verne → influenced → Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ
The Fountains of Paradise → author → Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ
The Sentinel → author → Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ
The Nine Billion Names of God → author → Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ
The Songs of Distant Earth → author → Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ
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Rendezvous with Rama → author → Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ
Earthlight → author → Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ