British sci-fi writer Arthur C Clarke has died at the age of 90. Although most famous for his short story The Sentinel, which was made into the film 2001 : A Space Odyssey, Clarke authored over a hundred books. Gene Roddenberry credited Clarke with inspiring him to create Star Trek.
Although the intergalactic space travel he predicted is not possible yet, many of his other fiction fantasies (such as satellite communication and men on the moon) have been realised. Read obituaries for Arthur C. Clarke at The Guardian and BBC.
