Arthur C. Clarke
Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) was an English author of hard science fiction as well as an inventor and futurist. He is considered one of the “Big Three” of sci-fi, along with Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein . He is most famous for his novel 2001: A Space Odyssey , which was adapted concurrently into a very successful and critically acclaimed film.
