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Arthur C Clarke, the science-fiction author, has died at 90.

One of my favourite Sci-Fi authors - I liked his work because he never lost the human dimension. Clarke’s books were about fallible human beings learning to adapt to changed circumstances created by logic and his imagination.

For me, that was always deeper than the approach taken by other authors trying to imagine technology developing far enough to become proto-human.

Others will comment on his other achievements - such as the invention of geostationary satellites, and the scope of his contacts and writing.

I’ll leave it there. Another writer who was formative for me gone.

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