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Arthur C. Clarke

Arthur C. Clarke
The English science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke's short story "The Sentinel" served as the inspiration for Stanley Kubrick's famous film 2001: a Space Odyssey (1968). His novel Rendezvous with Rama (1973) became a bestseller and spawned a number of sequels: Rama II (1989), The Garden of Rama (1991), and Rama Revealed (1993).
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