Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C.
Clarke was a British science fiction writer and futurist, best known for *2001: A Space Odyssey* and for proposing geostationary satellites for telecommunications.
His work blended hard science with philosophical speculation about humanity's future.
Clarke's Third Law states that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Speculative fiction with technological themes
- hard science fictionSpeculative fiction emphasizing accuracy
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- Hugo AwardGenre literature prize
- Sri LankaIsland nation near India
HAL 9000 · monolith · Stanley Kubrick · short stories · Isaac Asimov · Big Three · Golden Age
Rotation-synchronized satellite trajectory
- communications satelliteSpacecraft relaying signals worldwide
- space elevatorTethered structure to orbit
- futurismStudy of tomorrow's possibilities
- predictionsForecasts of future events
extrapolation · telecommunications · satellite technology · geosynchronous · space station · lunar exploration · foresight
science fiction
Speculative fiction with technological themes
- hard science fictionSpeculative fiction emphasizing accuracy
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- Hugo AwardGenre literature prize
Sri Lanka · HAL 9000 · monolith · Stanley Kubrick · short stories · Isaac Asimov · Big Three · Golden Age
geostationary orbit
Rotation-synchronized satellite trajectory
- communications satelliteSpacecraft relaying signals worldwide
- space elevatorTethered structure to orbit
- futurismStudy of tomorrow's possibilities
predictions · extrapolation · telecommunications · satellite technology · geosynchronous · space station · lunar exploration · foresight
Arthur C. ClarkeUrsula K. Le Guin
Ray Bradbury · Philip K. Dick · soft science fiction · fantasy · magical realism
Arthur C. ClarkeTed Kaczynski
Luddite · Mary Shelley · Aldous Huxley · George Orwell · primitivist
Arthur C. ClarkeFyodor Dostoevsky
Virginia Woolf · James Joyce · Gabriel García Márquez · Toni Morrison · stream of consciousness