Arthur C. Clarke is dead

Wow. Another unwritten post already has to be revised.

http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2008/03/18/arthur-c-clarke-1917-2008/

This is hardly unexpected. It was wonderful that he lived to see the year 2001, though 2001 did not turn out as he had imagined it.

He leaves behind an enormous legacy of work that has inspired and provided a foundation for countless others. As Lou Reed said last week of of Leonard Cohen, we were lucky to be alive at the same time as him.