I recieved joy and inspiration from his books, this is a truly sad day for an SF fan - may he rest in peace.

.. I chose an Alien for the obvious reasons :)

Farewell Arthur. Thank you for making the world a better place.

With Aurthur's passing, the Holy Trinity of Sci-Fi is no more. So long, good sir. My life, and many others, will be a little dimmer.

Very much Damn. :(

You have inspired me many times over and lead my imagination to places I never thought possible.

RIP, and thanks for all the fish. :(

I was trying to sort out why that headline hit me as hard as it did and I think it's because knowing that someone like Arthur C. Clarke is around is enough to keep a little spark of hope, of optimism, burning in the back of your mind.

What a loss.

Deepest sympathy to his family and friends.

And thanks for your works.

With the death of Sir Arthur we have lost the last of the writers I, and I suspect many other, consider to be the foundations stones of the modern Science Fiction era.

I found Sir Arthurs stories were easy to read and yet challenging, forcing us to look at our role in the cosmos, especialy in The Rama Cycle. he appealed to a wide range of ages.

R.I.P. Sir Arthur, knowing you bought enjoyment and wonder into the lives on many. Tonight I shall name on of my ships in Eve Online in your honour.

Truly a person who served as an inspiration for all of us.

Arthur, thank-you for your works.

May he rest in peace...

Mr Clarke my happiest memories were not that it was Dr Who that had me hiding behind the sofa aged 8, but your Mysterious World TV series, it scared me witless and lead me into the fascinating world of the paranormal.

Thanks and RIP.

Thank you for a lifetime of pleasurable, inspirational reading, but most of all for "the City and the Stars".

Classic SF writer

Even the greatest have to leave sometime....

Hopefully it will be full of stars, as you pass to the next world - wherever you dreamed that my be. Not many people can live to see their dreams become a reality; and im sure many more of yours will be achieved sometime.

So long.

City and the stars changed me, Childhood's end gave me hope, your lmitless imagination lives on in the stars - much love; and sadness for no more stories.

With untold respect ~ Tony F Paulazzo.

'nuff said by better wordsmiths. RIP

'Fountains of Paradise' - I'm looking forward to a ride in the space elevator.

After all, 'as a futurist and inspirer to others', (well put, Tim - though I happened to also enjoy his books) Sir Arthur's visons and ideas easily win over Kevin Warwick's...

".. and the stars went out. One by one."

And you Arthur.

I really though you'd live for ever

Hats off to you sir!!!

RIP.

... Should have the headline spot on El Reg for a week or more.. /hint /hint /hint

Hearing this news really came as a shock, he has always been around and been such a great contributer to science fiction and making people think. Sad to see he has passed away. Best wishes to his family and my thoughts are with them. Arthur, thanks for everything!

predict the next generation of travel? Who will predict our next power sources?

He got so many things right, maybe he was indeed an Alien.

RIP ACC

I saw a photo of him wearing a T shirt recently. It said:

"I invented the communications satellite and all I got was this lousy T-shirt."

Father of the geo-stat satellite, grandfather of the space elevator?

RIP Arthur.

a sad loss indeed

i never read as many of his books as i wanted to - but those i did were great

hopefully something good might come of this - it might prompt someone to finally get around to working out how to build a space elevator in his memory - i'd love to see one of those in action

...I'm sorry [Dave], I can't do that.

...that existed at the end of 2001? I could never quite get that bit.

RIP anyway