In Memoriam: Arthur C. Clarke

One of the great men of science fiction, author of books galore and short-stories to stretch the imagination, Arthur C. Clarke took us to new places and gave us new visions. For me, perhaps his greatest story which resonates to this day as I think of its powerful ending is The Nine Billion Names of God. Like many other great stories it is its understated style that grabs you at the end and you are forever shaken by it.

Add 2001: A Space Odyssey, Childhood's End, Rendezvous With Rama, well, I could go on. He had reportedly just finished reviewing the final draft of his latest novel. "The Last Theorem," co-written with Frederik Pohl, will be published later this year.