Sir Arthur C Clarke, Diver, writer of dive books ( and a few SciFi books)

[Sam Miller III]

Sir Arthur C. Clarke, Author of over 100 books, died on March 19, 2008 at the age of 90

Before he wrote about outer space and scifi he was a pioneer diver and wrote
about diving, his most popular book was possibly "The Reefs of Taprobane."

A list of his books and dates published are as follows:
The coast of Coral - 1955
The Reefs of Taprobane - 1956
The first five fathoms - 1960
The challenge of the sea - 1960
Indian Ocean adventure -1964
Treasure of the great reef - 1964
Indian Ocean treasure - 1964

The Nerve! The Audacity of Sir Arthur! He did not have a PADI specialty to allow him to dive and write about his underwater adventures...The horror of it all!

I was fortunate to have corresponded with Sir Arthur on numerous occasions during and after the publication of his diving orientated books. He was kind enough to send me inscribed book plates for all his diving books. Possibly the only complete set in the US.

SDM

 

[Doppler]

His work was extraordinary and his vision remarkable. Many things he said and wrote stay with his audience... I have a little collection of them in case I need to pull one out and let it flap in the breeze sometime. Thought for today: [SIZE=+0][SIZE=-1]"If I was a religious person, I would consider creationism nothing less than blasphemy. Do its adherents imagine that God is a cosmic hoaxer who has created that whole vast fossil record for the sole purpose of misleading mankind?"[/SIZE][/SIZE]

 

[drbill]

Disappointed that I had to learn this here on ScubaBoard instead of through my news sources so thanks for posting Sam

 

[Sam Miller III]

Wake up Bill...AC CLARKE passed away on this day, March 19, in 2008...rather old news

Dr SAM

 

[John C. Ratliff]

Dr. SAM,

Thanks for this post. Arthur C. Clark was one of the first authors that I read as a kid concerning diving. He helped get me excited about diving, and about space exploration (remember 2001, A Space Odyssey?). I remember on one of his undersea adventures they were using U.S. Divers Company double hose regulators, the Jet Air plastic regulator. I see that there is a bunch of reading to catch up on too.

SeaRat