The first dweller in the electronic cottage moves house

Arthur C. Clarke, once called "the first dweller in the electronic cottage" passed away today, he was 90. As well as writing inspirational science fiction he also predicted that, at 22,000 miles above the Earth’s surface, communications satellites would sit in geo-stationary orbit, allowing electronic signals to be bounced off them around the globe, effectively ushering in the world we know today.

Probably best know for his collaboration with Kubrick on 2001 a space odyssey I preferred the Rama series describing mankind’s first contact with an alien civilization. He had just completed a manuscript with American author Frederik Pohl – The Last Theorem – to be published later this year, a book that will definatly be on my shelf.

Marking his 90th birthday last year, he told fans: "I want to be remembered most as a writer. I want to entertain readers and hopefully stretch their imaginations as well. If I have given you delight by aught that I have done, let me lie quiet in that night, which shall be yours anon."

Goodbye.