ctor Stanley Kubrick, was nominated for an Academy Award for the production in 1968. A Jesuit, Clarke was often hard pressed to reconcile his spiritual beliefs with his knowledge of scientific fact. Perhaps this is why in so many of his writings we are presented with a mystery or puzzle, the ramifications of which are profound, “At the heart of every Arthur C. Clarke novel lies a small puzzle with large ramifications. He is an author who takes an idea and drops it into a quiet pool of thought. There’s a splash-that’s the intriguing nature of Clarke’s scientific genius. Then the rip
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