Sir Arthur Clarke

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Film_Director
Author
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Nebula_Award
gptkb:Hugo_Award
gptkb:Arthur_C._Clarke_Award
gptkbp:born December 16, 1917
gptkbp:child gptkb:Michael_Clarke
Diana_Clarke
Karen_Clarke
gptkbp:contribution Artificial intelligence
Space exploration
Satellite communication
Undersea exploration
Space elevator concept
gptkbp:died March 19, 2008
gptkbp:education gptkb:King's_College_London
gptkbp:famousQuote Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
The goal of the future is full unemployment, so we can play. That’s why it’s called a game.
We stand on the brink of a new age.
I_don't_believe_in_astrology;_I'm_a_Sagittarius_and_we're_skeptical.
gptkbp:field Science fiction
Futurology
gptkbp:founder Sri_Lanka's_Space_and_Earth_Science_Technology_Center
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Arthur Clarke
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Greg_Bear
gptkb:Neil_Gaiman
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:H.G._Wells
gptkb:Isaac_Asimov
gptkbp:inspiration The film 2001: A Space Odyssey
The film Gravity
The series Doctor Who
The_film_A_Space_Odyssey:_2001
The_film_Interstellar
The_series_Battlestar_Galactica
The_series_Star_Trek
The_series_The_Expanse
The_series_The_Martian
The_series_The_Orville
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Clarke's_Three_Laws
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork 2001: A Space Odyssey
Childhood's End
Rendezvous with Rama
gptkbp:occupation Futurist
Inventor
Screenwriter
gptkbp:spouse Linda_Clarke
Marjorie_Locke