Sir Arthur C Clarke 90th Birthday reflections

[vs1995ify]

It is very sad that it was his last birthday in his life.

[MsRocketman123]

Sir Arthur is not dead. I believe that he found his own monolith and got swept through the ethereal dome of the universe. He will be reborn... As a Star-Child.

[TheVoiceOfReason93]

You are an inspiration, Clarke, the world had lost a great treasure in science fiction and pure science in your passing. You would be missed

[eublepharis]

Thank you for giving me the pleasure and desire to read books.

[simoncpu]

Whoa, he even predicted his own death...

[shamandgg]

Dear Mr Clark, I just want to let you know, Your work gave me a fantastic inspiration in what I do in life. Your legacy continues. If it was me, I'd build you a monolith monument on the Moon. You have inspired us all.

[shamandgg]

With Your creative thoughts, I wish You eternal peace. Godspeed Sir Arthur Clarke and goodbye :)

[KevClynes]

That monolith idea is genius.

[stoneick]

I was with him until he said climate change.

[Tegenaria]

I still find this hard to watch :(

[madshook]

Universal concepts, a universal man;

I'm glad we can access resources like this. Our greatest ancestors can speak to us directly.

[ancalites]

there are too few men like this in the world

[amliketocomment]

Some reason that he want to live in srilanka because there is not mainland block the sea to the south pole

[MrAUTuber]

such a great personality.....

[Stantzs]

Wow, I guess he meant that goodbye literally.

[nothingafterdeath]

Your life is an odissey!

[clifftontattoo]

wow.

[francinabalanci]

You were my inspiration when I was a teenager. Thanks for all your books and I wish from my hart that your three wishes will become reality.

[andrewniles1]

Thank you Arthur.

[2endrun]

peace can just be wished

[mammothmouse1959]

Miss you.

[ABAZAN81082]

RIP....

[tommykarlberg]

We are all truly blessed to lived in the age of Clarke and Asimov.

They said it, now we should go out and do it.

Rest in peace Sir Clarke

[kosalet]

A great man. Truly great. Indeed, it`s quite difficult to imagine him `resting in peace` (forever), don`t you think? Perhaps he just started his `space-odyssey` from here-on. Besides intelligent, he seemed to be wise as well and also a humanist. God bless his soul on Space-Odyssey - IF YOU DON`T MIND ME SAYING SO.

[mizusajt]

Sir Clarke isn't just an author. He is one of the most prophetic theorists of our time. His incredible ability to predict the rise of the space age twenty years before hand, and his influence on most modern technology today proves he really deserves the title of Sir Arthur C. Clarke. May he Rest in Peace.

[scruffjones]

In 1979 on itv wednesday evenings i would sit in amazement and watch arthur c clarkes tv programme really quietly and loved everyone of them, i always liked him as him seemed genuine and knowledgeable about his subjects !! im glad he lived a long time to

seee a lot more !!

[coolmadmat]

Today I have listened to the words of two wise and visionary men. It's Arthur Clarke and Barack Obama speeking in Berlin.

[UVAlaw10]

You only mentioned one wise and visionary man - Arthur C. Clarke. Who is the other?

[hotshotinflames]

Sir Arthur C. Clarke:Wise words-lesson for all the living. Wisdom overshadows Tyranny among mankind's Barbaric 20th Century-striving forth, what is vain in gods eyes will never come true in our own likeness of excistense; "unless" world leaders overcome trival divisions through the world of the heart which will answer your three wishes real globalization.

Goodheart has spoken.

[MachoFrench]

Sir Arthur is great in his intellect and insight into the future and the human nature! He has also been a great humanist and a rationalist. Rest in peace in this wonderful universe.

[HundredManSlayer]

Rest in peace, sweet prince. :[

[4bithandheld]

You were a great man and human being. Rest in peace great champion of the future

[joeltwo3]

There has to be a special place in the beyond for people like you! Thanks for all you books!

[Writerofthebizzarre]

I would have loved to meet him. He seemed so intelligent. I'm sorry you had go to, Mr. Clarke, and you will be missed.

[Writerofthebizzarre]

I would have loved to meet him. He seemed so intelligent. I'm sorry you had go to, Mr. Clarke, and you will be missed.

[sunithaya]

A person that inspired, through his writings, a Tim Berners-Lee to invent the World Wide Web in 1989. Who in 1945, proposed the idea of communications satellites that could be based in geostationary orbits around our planet, an idea laughed about by the official science of the time. After all he was only a writer.

[zilly989]

Tim Berners-Lee didn't invent the Internet. He invented HTML what has made the Internet significantly more usable. The Internet has its roots in the original US ARPA net.

[faethie]

Nobody said T.B. Lee invented the Internet, but he did invent the World Wide Web, as stated above.

R.I.P. Sir Clarke, you will be greatly missed.

[Yag44]

Nah, that was Al Gore.

RIP Sir Clarke.

[sunithaya]

A writer for whom spacecraft, asteroids and even a dinosaur has been named. A writer whose ideas, that is, the ones that have not been realized yet, are still considered far fetched even today, the stuff of dreams or sci-fi.

[asinclair]

His hundreds of books and thousands of short stories constitute a cloud, a cluster or galaxy of links, of neuronal connections, of firing synapses that influence the world and will continue to do so for perhaps millenia, since his ideas travel as we blog, beyond our solar system into the universe he so lucidly dreamed about.

[asinclair]

Who is this great human, whose passing through has barely been noticed in obscure obituaries as if we had nothing lost ?

Perhaps we have not, since he gave us more than we can take in generations to come. Besides, as he himself, quoting Rudyard Kipling said:

[asinclair]

If I have given you delight

By aught that I have done,

Let me lie quiet in that night

Which shall be yours anon:

And for that little, little span

The dead are borne in mind

Seek not to question other than

The books I leave behind.

Thank you Sir Arthur, the world can or could be a better place because of you.

[asinclair]

Linkage represents power, status, success of one sort or another. Of course this has always been the case, particularly in the animal world, but I suspect in the uni-verse at large as well.

That is how our brain becomes conscious, how memories evolve and how life flows in the eternal dance of chaos and order, the breathing that holds the secret of our own existence.

[normanno]

Da bambino ho visto al cinema 2001... ed ho cominciato a sognare. Grazie Arthur, bambino delle stelle. R.I.P.

[qcl67]

I'll always remember Arthur C. Clarke like a great visionary and writer. Thank you, Mr. Clarke, for your masterpiece "2001; a space odyssey" and Space Odyssey serie!

R.I.P

[Adhithya98]

Good bye Sir Clarke. You were a Great great person of human kind in our era and a real son of the Mother Nature. May you attend Nibbana

[ksymeon]

What a giant! Thank you Arthur for everything you gave us. Thank you for your books. R.I.P.

[heptasyllabicity]

Goodbye, Arthur.

[LeonDuvall]

My he forever journey the stars he brought to life through his words.

[AlbinoFrog]

R.I.P

[Nakedskin]

Arthur c clark a great man.

[nerfmeee]

R.I.P. - one of the greatest of all times.

[mikelebo85]

Un genio!

[SCSNSE]

RIP-true visionary and intellectual; for lack of words...

[fantomasse]

Goodbye Arthur, you've changed my life.

[GeneralOfAnegon]

A couple copies, in different languages...

A giant has departed us.

[sdstorm]

Rest in Peace. :'(

[dazedandconfucious]

looks good for 90. it's a shame he died. he did a lot though.

[sassylion]

Thank you for sharing your amazing works of fiction with the world and may you rest in peace. You were an inspiration to many, myself included.

Thank you!

[epsolont]

Thank you for sharing your dreams and for inspiring an entire generation.

[MiltronB]

Thank You, Sir Arthur.

[Dravecky3]

So long, and thanks for all the books.

[dwiseman1]

RIP and thankyou so much for everything.. you were an inspiration to so many..

[loreztaken]

Sir Arthur, thank you for your amazing work: it surely stretched my imagination!

May you rest in Peace.

[Tehrealboy]

RIP Mr Clarke. Thank you for inspiring me and so many others.

[troglo99]

Grande Arthur, ci mancherai moltissimo.

Grazie per averci fatto sognare.

Riposa in pace.

[BryanAJParry]

God bless one of the greatest science fiction writers ever to live, a man who deeply inspired me and millions of others.

[cerebus]

Tchau Arthur! E nos vemos nas estrelas!

[syren345]

Amazing. Arthur C. Clarke was the most amazing person ever. The science fiction world will miss you.

RIP Arthur C. Clarke Dec. 16 1917- 19/18 March 2008.

[albaccilu]

Sa-l odihneasca bunul Dumnezeu pe acest mare om!

[dvfrancis]

Farewell then to a visionary man ...

[pcw78]

RIP. Thank you for stretching our imagination!

[lucapapaiz]

Grazie Arthur. Speriamo di esaudire i tuoi 3 desideri presto.

[Phatfiend]

R.I.P bra che che chyeaaaaaa

[draculaah]

what a great man....r.i.p

[Niroki]

Great stories, great dreams, great man.I hope for you a wonderful journey through the stars.

[zamestol]

R.I.P. Stargazer.

[twobellz]

Fair wind stargazer on your greatest journey.

You are a wonderful inspiration to us all.

[uannacikkisei]

Addio grande Arthur! Addio grande sognatore!

[DeltaHT]

RIP Arthur. We'll miss you.

[ruwani4433]

We are really proud of you as srilankans.Thank you for all u'v done....R.I.P.sir.

[Hottides]

Although your life's done, your legacy's just begun, and the surfs of far seas and stars shall yet sound your songs and echo your dreams.

[yesboss2000]

RIP ACC

[CoreyBass]

Very fortunate that he was able to record a final message just a few months before his death, and a fitting end to the last of the "Big Three" of science fiction. He certainly outlived his contemporaries, and his vast exapnse of work will continue to be enjoyed by me and others.

[metabog]

:-(( RIP.

[ibgamer]

You will be missed, thank you for your work

[ballsabouncing]

R.I.P.

[Cellsolid]

I can't believe Clarke just died. Yesterday I looked him up on Wikipedia and said "Wow, he's still alive - he's a living legend - I hope he lives 5 or more years". Damn...

[shleepy87]

RIP, Sir Arthur Clarke.

[johnboystrong]

OMG!!! such horrible news! Drew will be serving free pints all day today at the White Hart. Harry Purvis will be giving the eulogy after which, Arthur's ashes will be walked down to the Thames to be spread upon the waters he loved so much. GOD BLESS YOU ARTHUR C. CLARKE. There is no one who can replace you, EVER. Johnboy, Rochester,ny

[originalrhombus]

Let us take him as an example of the best of humanity, and be inspired to be better human beings.

To the man, Arthur Clarke, who took the time to personally reply to my letter many years ago, though he knew me not from Adam: thank you!

We will miss you, but we will not forget you.

[ComaDave]

May your spirit wander the Cosmos.

Thank you for all those inspirational words.

[joewithajay]

When we turn to the blind we're mistaken,

When we turn to the dreamers we can never feel the ground beneath our feet. This is a gift he gave so many, and one I know I'll explore within my own lifetime.

[roibm]

Rest In Peace, you human being.

[Tb0ne1]

RIP

[kittypie070]

Sail thou with the imperishable stars!

Sail thou with the unwearying stars!

Live, thou bright soul, and mayst thou spend millions of years, thou lover of the Universe,

sitting with thy face to the North Wind, and thine eyes beholding felicity!

[PluggyPoo]

An important man; an inspiration to our race. RIP Arthur.

[EWollan]

R.I.P

[Philoko12]

Rest In Peace. May you reach the stars ...

[downformaintenance]

...note this is in reply to user 723548's comment a few moments ago.

[LETHLSS]

The Starchild Is Born

[kpoyo]

How sad is to see great men depart us when we need them the most.

You will be sorely missed.

[goremau]

From those left behind, thank you.

From those yet to come, discovery.

RIP Arthur, we'll miss you. :)

[aether222]

sniff sniff, may you closing wishes all take place.

[joquarky]

When I was growing up, your novels played a major part in inspiring me to learn more about science and technology.

*Thank you* and may you rest in peace.

[Corrz]

/salute

RIP good sir. Thank you for all you've done.

[Mrelephantman]

Also hopefully some of his ashes will be scatted up in the hill country of Sri Lanka where it's so very beautiful.

[Mrelephantman]

Hopfully NASA will put his ashes into space where he belongs.

R.I.P.

[ShadowHawkBV]

Rest in Peace and thanks for all the joy you've brought.

[khaldun007]

rest in peace

[tinkeroonie]

Farewell, and thank you...

[davida85]

Rest in peace. You've inspired me and millions, dare I say billion others :) That's the best you could leave behind.

[ronnymitchell]

He will be sorely missed

[JJTecumseh87]

RI.P Arthur c Clarke

[maxqubit]

90 years old, but still a great loss. TY Arthur!

[718813]

Godspeed

[nectarguru]

The man had the most optimism among the whole human race than probably anybody on the planet. He accomplished more than most will ever even dream of. RIP

[metabog]

And yet in the end he regards himself as nothing more than an observer eager to see as much as possible of our evolution as a species. What a great man, I shed a tear during the Rudyard Kipling quote.

[Bleeter]

And so the starchild takes his final journey. RIP Arthur.

[GrigolConservative]

Rest in Pradise, Sir Clarke!

[bonnieann12345]

One of my favorite author's you gave me many a splendid times, on sunny afternoons curled up with your books. Let you have as much joy as you gave other, thankyou sir arthur we will miss you:)

[Docaroo]

Humanity owes this great man a debt too large to repay. Thank you for the inspiration. Thank you for everything. May you rest in peace , forever free to roam the universe and answer those great questions.

We won't forget those who are most dear to us.

[Docaroo]

Humanity owes this great man a debt too large to repay. Thank you for the inspiration. Thank you for everything. May you rest in peace , forever free to roam the universe and answer those great questions.

We won't forget those who are most dear to us.

[hoodgal06]

R.I.P., Sir Arthur C. Clarke...you will be missed.

[azboytube]

You were larger than life - you were like infinite space itself. See you in the next world.

[karic31]

Thank you for everything.

[RindaLynn]

May you now speed through all the stars and universe, Arthur. Thank you for all your influence.

[thenerdistheword]

Man, another legend gone. Farewell, Arthur.

[DocFliege]

R.I.P Arthur C. Clarke.

[yakwhacker]

so long arthur. you were a good man.

[ford9125]

Goodbye Arthur. You have inspired us all.

[SerbianPaladin]

Happy birthday, humanity will always be in your debt. Thank you for your imagination which has helped inspire generations and will inspire even more. I thank you, not in the name of people of my country, but in the name of people of Earth!

[pinkundaztood]

Happy 90th Arthur. You're an inspiration to us all.

[wrap99]

Sir Arthur,

Imagine that you will be remembered hundreds of years hence.

[amoniacarater]

Inspiring. Thank you Arthur

[vtoroman]

If there ever was a man who positivelly influenced a generation in a more profound manner...

Thank you for everything. Your ideas and your imagination have made my horizons expand and helped me make the choices which made me the person I am today.

[therealchickentender]

I am speechless. Thank you Arthur.

[hottmann104]

Arthur Clarke, I have enjoyed your writings for the last 40+ years. Thank you.

[hottmann104]

Thank you Arthur Clarke for your inspirational science and science fiction writings, which I have enjoyed for the last 40+ years of my life.

[paradisenowlost]

Maybe my friends Kerry and Bill, might be blessed with an opportunity to meet with you - for the benefit of all of us who reside on this tiny globe. May your dreams come true and this world of diverse cultures and religions come together in harmony very soon. May you always be Happy and feel the Love we all have for you, dear Arthur.

Arthur (UK) (H.D.)

[paradisenowlost]

Dear Arthur,

Happy Birthday. I guess you will always remain a bit of a mystery to me. Also a Prophetic writer.... My dream, since childhood, was to travel to Sri Lanka and meet you. There are so many questions, unanswered, which I feel in my heart you hold the answers to.

Arthur (in England)

[mypurechaos1]

thanks a lot and happy birthday Sir Athur. You are a great writer!

[ZoRoLk]

Thank You Sir Arthur C Clarke & Happy Birth Day

your all dream com ture in this year

[lyonnessf]

'The only way to know the limits of the possible, is by going beyond them, into the impossible'. I learned it from you, and still think of it when I need it. Thank you.

[RadDog5171]

Thank you Sir Arthur for your remarkable

books and inspiration. They gave for me

optimism as a teenager that you really can

make the world a better place. It has lasted my life and and I still belive it. Most of all I appreciate the humanity of your writing. Thanks!

[florinandrei]

Happy birthday, Sir Arthur.

Thank you for the dreams and inspiration.

[evildaveprime]

Thank you, Sir Arthur, from America.

You have seen our race go from the horse and buggy to sending robot probes to the helopause at the edge of Sol System. Our world is now ringed with necklaces of the communication satellites that you envisioned.

Thank you for your words, your vision, and your inspiration.

Sincerely, Children of Earth.

[omnimon11]

Happy Birthday, Sir Arthur.

Your work opened the door to the imagination for me and millions who read your works. Indeed. The future is now.

Thanks for the introduction.

Karl Kofoed - Galactic Geographic

[honais87]

Thank you Sir Arthur; and Happy Birthday. I started reading your work when I was 12 or 13, just at the dawn of the Space Age. Thank you for the inspiration and the dreams. One day, when students from Lunar City High make trips to Hadley, I hope they will understand and appreciate why there is a crater called Earthlight. Eric Jones, ALSJ

[JohnDrake165]

Happy Birthday and thanks for Childhood's end and all the other books as well!

[plutonium28]

thank you. happy birthday!

i hope your birthday wishes come true.

[wileycoyote97]

As Kipling said in his poem "If"...If you can fill the unforgiving minute,with sixty seconds worth of distance run, Yours will be the Earth and all that's in it...

Thank you Sir Arthur for all the minutes of wonder and entertainment that you have given us, and may you see your wishes become reality.

Your longtime fan and admirer...Frank Wiley USA...

[corpsertriplesix]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

check out retiredafb channel - you'll like it :)

[TB163]

Happy Birthday! Thank you for providing so many hours of entertainment through your books. I hope you get something you wished for on your birthday.

[robewil]

Thank you Sir Clarke. May your childhood never end.

[wakefield666]

Thank you Arthur C. Clarke -- your writings have been an inspiration and have helped shape my life. I sincerely hope you see your wishes come true very soon!

[samuraiturk]

it's my birthday as well i've had similar dreams and wishes..

[zgeek]

Thank you for your work Mr Clark! You really made an impact in my life.

[nuadagodofwar]

Happy Birthday, to the true master of Foundations and Empires across the Universes!

[okiecampaigns]

Happy Birthday Sir Clarke, and may you have many more !

[vosogo]

Happy Birthday to the greatest author of all time!

[vossinakis]

Happy Birthday Sir

[jsl151850b]

Happy Birthday A.C.C.!

[hk1963]

Happy Birthday, Sir Arthur!

[WurstbrotmitHonig]

Happy Birthday and thank you for all the hours that I spent with your stories!

[smurtsmarf]

Im getting all emotional here, you have a beautyfull mind Mr Clarke, your one of my heroes.

Happy birthday.

[jmts25]

happy birthday sir

[lacebollacriolla]

happy birthday!

[synthlord]

Sir Clarke, you have indeed entertained and inspired many, and I have no doubt you will be remembered as a true visionary, not just a writer. I owe much of my positive outlook on the future of Man to your ideas. Thank you for all you have done, and keep up the good work. Happy Birthday!!!

[NickArts323]

Arthur C Clarke is an inspiration, I wish more people had the same wishes that he does.

[agincourtd]

Happy birthday, Arthur, and thank you.