Blog: John Myers: A Pioneer Passes

A Pioneer Passes

Arthur C Clarke was a unique individual. He was technologist who could make the written word "fly" off the page. Clarke also saw not only what was imaginable (his science fiction writing), but what was possible (his science "fact" writing).

While I am sure that someone else would have figured out the geosynchronous satellite for communications sooner or later, Clarke was the first person to put that particular pen to paper and put the telecommunications industry on its current path. And wouldn't we all have loved to have had the opportunity to write an essay called "How I Lost a Billion Dollars in My Spare Time".... and actually mean it.

Having been a Clarke fan for many years, I hope that science "fact" catches up to the rest of Clarke's visions for a possible future sooner as opposed to later. We have been waiting far too long for David Bowman and HAL.

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