print email comment close Brilliant Careers: Arthur C. Clarke URL: http://archive.salon.com/people/bc/2000/03/07/clarke/ Description: This 2000 article discusses the career of Arthur C. Clarke and considers how "for decades, the author of the science-fiction classics '2001: A Space Odyssey' and 'Childhood's End' has exhibited an uncanny ability to see the future." For example, the article notes that "in 1945 ... 12 years before Sputnik, Clarke predicted a global relay system of radio and television signals using geosynchronous satellites." From Salon.com. Author: Houston, Frank Publisher: Salon.com LII Database Information: Record 25750 created by Maria Brandt on 03/19/2008 Last modification on 03/24/2008 Published: 03/27/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25750