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I don't believe I clicked through that misspelling. Sorry Arthur.

hard to watch him struggling to breathe like that. he was an amazing human being.

His work was really important to me, growing up.

He may speak a bit slower, but he still had no trouble making me smile as he joked about birthday candles, and dream as he spoke of the future of space travel and the human race.

R.I.P. Arthur.

PS - Love the fact that he has "2010: Odyssey Two" in the background!

So sad. I'm going to watch 2001: A Space Odyssey, and re-read it in his honor.

Rest in Peace Sir Clark. :(

I havent read any other author as much as ive read Arthur C. Clarke. The 2001-3001 series is one of the greatest ive ever read.

Clarke, not Clark.

he is the epitome of a wise old man

If I have given you delight
By aught that I have done,
Let me lie quiet in that night
Which shall be yours anon:

And for the little, little, span
The dead are born in mind,
Seek not to question other than
The books I leave behind.

It's hard to find a good book now a days comparable to his.

I was expecting it to start with "If you are watching this, then I am dead.".

Yes sir, I will work towards those wishes you asked for.

He was a awesome human being

And so, the last of the Holy Trinity Of Science Fiction has shunned his mortal coil.
We wish you the best on whatever journey awaits you Sir Arthur.
"Will I dream?" http://www.palantir.net/2001/tma1/wav/dream.wav

In my mind, he is right up there with Carl Sagen and Issac Asimov. A Great. Here are his three wishes (paraphrased):

1) Find some evidence for Extraterrestrial Life
2) Utilize clean, non-polluting or greehouse-gas emitting sources of energy.
3) Lasting peace in Sri Lanka.

The video was as moving as the final chapter in Issac Asimov's "I, Asimov".
Will we ever see science fiction writers as great as the Big Three agian? I hope so.

Sir Arthur... I didn't know enough about ya till you passed, but now I feel compelled to explore your work. I think I will appreciate it more after seeing your video because you have reminded me of what the human spirit is made of, and in my opinion, meant to be; free thinking, and on an everlasting quest for higher truth and meaning, while respecting your fellow neighbor in his pursuit of the same

I wonder how many of us will have the chance to tell the world about ourselves so eloquently before we pass on?

Godspeed Spaceman

Ah, he will be missed. RIP Arthur!

R.I.P Sir Arthur C. Clarke

RIP Arthur.

Open the pod-bay doors one last time.

I cried near the end of this video, tears for the loss of one of the greatest men in the history of our planet.

May that his three wishes come to pass, sooner rather than later.

wow, liveleak on the front page of digg. thats just.. weird. makes me miss orgish.com all the more, oddly enough.

RIP Mr. Clarke.

"My God, it's full of stars"

Sorry to see you go Arthur.

I think it's amazing that he made such a brilliant statement in this video just shy of his death. I admit I've never read his novels but I've watched the film versions of 2001 and 2010 numerous times.

Siiigghhh... I want to be sad but it feels wrong. Im happy that he was able to put that video out for us all. To those wondering if we'll ever have writers like this again, God I hope so. But the way we're going these days... all the cell-texting leet speak and MySpace profiles are proof that one shouldnt really be getting their hopes up. While society has never seen a surge of amateur writers like the one that blogging has brought us, those are the older folks. Our children are literally growing up writing and reading words without vowels. I literally read the word "L-bow" today. Someone actually removed the e, capitalized the L, put a dash in there, and farted in the general direction of the English language just to ***** that up as hard as they could. Ive completely given up on American writers. Most are ***** already, but the advent of the internet, which should be a boon for enlightenment, is instead ushering in an era of people who think its okay to change the color of their text every sentence and think that, rather than an a well written piece, is how you attract attention. Sure theres a couple Alan Moores left, but how long till theyre gone too? I consider this the start of the end of a valuable era; the literate one. This might explain how a lot of the worlds problems are coming about these days. So much time spent evolving language and technology, only to sit back and ***** it all away because of the keyboard. Thanks keyboard, I love you too.

EDIT: Keypad. I remember now that computers the internet used to be full of smart, useful people. Its the advent of the cellphone and the keypad that played a larger roll in the destruction of our youth, I think.

Asimov, Heinlein and Clark where the greats and now they are all gone. It's the end of an era. The golden age of SF has now ended.

his body may have failed - but his mind seems to have been quite sharp to the end.

I liked that he noted (and got to see) the beginning of commercial space travel.

There's no way humanity will truly expand off the earth as the function of a governmental program.

I was surprised to read that Clarke was dead, and more than a little saddened. The worlds he created will never cease to amaze me.
Godspeed, Arthur, on your last journey.

Christ, that signoff really messed me up. Might be considered NSFW, unless you can be sad in the privacy of your own cubicle :/

Im afraid I cant let you do that Arthur.

The things he predicted are just now starting to materialize. Truly a Prophet of the Digital Age

What a graceful man. Excellent writer, technological visionary. Never enough like that.

He had such a long and amazing life I feel not so much saddened by his death, but melancholy of the thought he is no longer among us to pass on his wisdom.

It is funny how much people who one has never met can affect who you become. For me mr. Clarke was one of those people, his books expanding my imagination and shaping me into the person I am today.

Rest in peace.

Arthur c. Clarke was a personal hero of mine, and one I will truly miss. The man was a true inspiration to an entire generation of people who made space travel possible. I don't think there is anyone in the industry who can say that he wasn't a major player in their wanting to go to space.

RIP Arthur c. Clarke

I predict Mike Oldfield CD sales will go through the roof. I hope as we speak, Arthur is floating in the sea on Thalassa, looking up to the heavens and listening to the Songs of Distant Earth. Vale, Arthur.

RIP Arthur C. Clarke. You were one respectable man.

Rest in Peace Arthur C. Clarke, I'm sad today, you'll be missed.

Arthur C. Clarke was/is THE DEFINITION of a humanist.
Sad to see him go. We need his outlook now more than ever.

Such an Amazing man with such and Amazing story. His last 3 wishes are not only for himself, but for us as well. Godspeed Arthur, thank you for your Wisdom and your guidance!

Arthur C. Clarke is, was, and always will be The Man. The Odyssey series and Childhood's End were my first exposures to transhumanist thought.

Everytime I go to a bookstore or library,I always look for any new books from him to expand my mind and humanity.This is truly a sad day for me.

you are a bearer of dreams and a father of worlds. rest in peace, mr. clarke.

anybody else think he is the human version of yoda? Rest in Peace.

Mr. Hadden, is that you?

Damn it....I had hoped he had got to see Rama on the silver screen....damn them all for taking such a long time in getting it made!!!!