Arthur C Clarke

[eldar]

And so passed a genuine visionary. A science fiction writer who got to see some of his predictions become everyday reality. A writer who produced some of the most celebrated works of his genre.

I'll end with a quote(-ish) from one of his short stories (can anyone tell me which one it is?):

And one by one, the stars began to go out.

Comments

[philipstorry.livejournal.com]

The Nine Billion Names Of God, isn't it?

[matgb]

Yup, looks like I was the only person writing a tribute post to not think of quoting it initially. Ah well, the joy of edits. Great story though:
http://lucis.net/stuff/clarke/9billion_clarke.html