At the ripe old age of 90, the inventor of the communications satellite and my favorite movie of all time, has died.
At a very early age—9 or 10—I fell in love with his books. Not just the 2001 series, but the Rama books as well… and Childhood’s End, The Mote in God’s Eye, The Songs of Distant Earth…
Well, the man expanded my imagination to a degree matched only later by Stanislaw Lem. He will be missed.