Dear MEL Topic Readers,
The fiction that predicted space travel
Born in England in 1917, Sir Arthur Charles
Clarke was a renowned science fiction writer. The stargazing child worked as a
radio engineer during WWII and later became a science fiction writer, futurist
and undersea explore in Sri Lanka.
His first novels were about space explorations,
the first flight to the Moon and colonization of Mars both of which were published
in 1951 during when the world was still stuck in the aftermath of WWII.
His most famous work, A Space Odyssey was written
in 1968 when the world was divided by ideology and nuclear weapons. It was made
into one of the greatest films of all time directed by Stanley Kubrick. The story
was about encounters with an alien monolith that sparks a technological and
intellectual leap, which was succeeded by three sequels, 2010: Odyssey Two in 1982,
2061: Odyssey Three in 1988, and 3001: The Final Odyssey in 1997.
Another famous alien encounter story is Rendezvous
with Rama in 1973, whose sequels were published in 1991, The Garden of Rama and
in 1993, Rama Revealed.
In these futuristic books, Clarke introduced
iPad like communication and information device, computer software that reads
human lips, space tourism, space elevators, and space stations.
Over a decade after his death, only a few of these
have been brought into life. Humans still have a long way to catch up his
extrapolations.
Enjoy reading the article about one of the
most profound science fiction writers.
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20190621-the-man-who-created-our-vision-of-space
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