I am an optimist. Anyone interested in the future has to be otherwise he would simply shoot himself. - Arthur C. Clarke

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I am an optimist. Anyone interested in the future has to be otherwise he would simply shoot himself.

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About Arthur C. Clarke

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was a British author, inventor and futurist, famous for his short stories and novels, among them 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), and as a host and commentator in the British television series Mysterious World. For many years, Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and Clarke were known as the "Big Three" of science fiction.

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Pen Names: Charles Willis • E.G. O'Brien
Birth Name: Arthur Charles Clarke
Alternative Names: Sir Arthur Charles Clarke • Arthur Clarke
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People are always asking me why I've devoted my life to such a horrible period of history, and it's not much of answer to say that there were even worse ones.' 'Then why are you interested in my century?' 'Because it marks the transition between barbarism and civilization.'...
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