Arthur Clarke
Arthur Charles Clarke, British science fiction novelist. Most of his science fiction works are based on science, and many predictions in the novels have become reality. In particular, his description of satellite communications was surprisingly consistent with actual development, and the geosynchronous satellite orbit was therefore named "Clarke Orbit". His works include "Childhood's End" (1953), "Moondust Falling" (1961), "Voices from the Sky" (1965), "Empire Land" (1976) and "2010". He also co-produced the innovative science fiction film "2001: A Space Odyssey". Together with Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein, he is known as the three major science fiction writers of the 20th century.
Some gossip about the three giants of science fiction novels (Arthur C. Clarke)
1.
May I ask about the three giants of science fiction novels? Among the giants, Asimov, Heinlein, and Arthur C. Clarke, who is gay?
This question may be a little difficult to answer.
But if we modify this question slightly:
Asimov was born in Petrograd, Russia, Heinlein was born in Missouri, USA, and Who was gay among Arthur C. Clarke in Somerset, England?
The answer is almost obvious.
In Little Britain, which is rotten to the core, not only are the male writers who write quirky love stories gay, but the male writers who write hard science fiction can also be gay.
2.
Why has no one made a movie about Comrade Clark?
As cool as the Milky Way.
When he was a child, he could use cardboard and lenses to make a telescope to locate the moon;
He joined the Royal Air Force and built radar;
He is a modern satellite The founder of communication theory, the synchronous satellite orbit 42,000 kilometers away from the earth is named the "Clarke Orbit". Every time you make a phone call, watch TV or browse the web, he is with you;
He Named a planet;
He explained the Apollo moon landing;
He wrote to the U.S. Weather Bureau about the use of satellites in weather forecasting, thus Created a new branch of meteorology;
He predicted that we would land on the moon in 1969, and then Armstrong stepped on the moon in 1969;
He After writing "Solar Sailing", NASA began to study solar particles;
He was as obsessed with the ocean as he was with the starry sky, and he also wrote a series of scientific works about the ocean;
He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his satellite theory (what is this idea?);
He was knighted by the Queen for "services to British cultural interests in Sri Lanka";
He was born an Englishman and died a Sri Lankan;
He preferred the same sex.
3.
Clark was briefly married, then quickly divorced, believing the marriage was a mistake.
Later, a loud-mouthed American theoretical physicist Jeremy Bernstein revealed the truth about this marriage -
"I still asked him what he was doing in New York, and he mentioned A "Time-Life" book project. Then he said that he didn't want his soon-to-be-divorced wife to know about his introduction to Arthur Clark in New York, because she would cause trouble for him. I suggested that if she remarried, That was the end of his troubles. Clark replied that she would never remarry because she was a lesbian. "And I," he said, "were like her mirror image." "He probably wanted to say he was gay, but I didn't have the interface.
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There are risks in physical marriage, so be careful when trying it.
4.
In an interview, Clark denied that he was gay, saying that he was just "moderate" And cheerful", but Mike Moorcock, a science fiction writer with an equally big mouth, said - stop talking nonsense, the whole UK knows that you are gay, and I even had dinner with your boyfriend.
However, when he was interviewed by "***" in his later years and asked if he had any experience with bisexuality, Clark readily said: Of course, who hasn't? (Dear, it's really not... everyone has had it. . )
As a well-known loudmouth, Asimov said without hesitation: Yes, my friend Arthur is gay. He just found that he prefers men. . He hasn't made it public, but if you ask him, he is open and honest.
Why does the whole world know that Arthur Clark is gay? The friends he made were also loudmouths.
Some people think that Clark moved to Sri Lanka because the local laws are more tolerant of homosexuality. Of course, it is more likely because of his kindness. The gay friend is a Sri Lankan. Clark described his good gay friend as "the perfect friend for life."
Clark moved to Sri Lanka in 1956 and lived happily diving and having sex with his good gay friend. After his good friend died in a car accident, he lived in Sri Lanka until his death in 2008.
Clark became a Sri Lankan citizen in the year of his death. It’s the true humanistic story of “Born in a different country, but destined to die in the same country”
PS: Clark’s good friend’s name is the same as Leslie Cheung’s English name.
6.
Clark left a large amount of information and diaries in his hometown, which were kept by his brother. But he said that some private diaries could not be made public until thirty years after his death. Ask him why. Mask Q&A “Well, there might be some pretty awkward parts to this. ”
Clark predicted that we will encounter extraterrestrial intelligent life in 2030, but we will not be able to see these diaries of his until 2038. It is really enough, and we can have some confidence in the acceptance of intelligent life on earth. Well, Sir?
Little Britain has recognized gay "civil partnerships" in March 2014, and the same-sex marriage law has been passed by 2038, Sir, according to your vision for the future of science. Optimism, visual inspection is no longer a dream for boys and girls. Only if you write in your diary that you have had sex with a male alien will it arouse everyone's interest.
7.
The three great men have all served in the military, and each is engaged in one branch of the military. Clark is in the Air Force, Heinlein is in the Navy, and Asimov is in the Army.
And other literary fields. Compared with their feud, the relationship between these three people is quite normal.
Heinlein and Clark had a falling out - because Heinlein supported the American "Star Wars" plan. Compared with other literary fields where people compete for lovers and fame and are jealous of each other, this situation is simply higher than that of the Milky Way.
Two planets were discovered on the same day in 1981, one of which was named Clark. , one is named Asimov, this is good in the field of science, the title "Gemini" can be played seriously
8.
Clark and Assi. Mov met after World War II.
At that time, Clark was helping the British Air Force build radars, and Asimov was dragged by Heinlein to the Navy to build ships.
The two were often teased. To make a comparison, the two often complained about each other. Whenever Clark came to the United States, he would definitely have dinner with Asimov.
At the same time, once Clark receives letters from readers whose imagination reaches the edge of the universe, he will not hesitate to sell him a good teammate: Dr. Asimov will definitely like your imagination more. Come, his address is...
As two very narcissistic and conceited people, Clark and Asimov reached the so-called Clark-Asimov Pact in a taxi while going to an event. ——Asimov recognized Clark as the best science fiction writer in the world; and Clark recognized Asimov as the best popular science writer in the world. (It was decided happily.)
9.
Clark has too many fans in the scientific community.
The crew of Apollo 8 said that when they orbited the moon, they really wanted to follow the plot of Clark's novel and sent back a telegram saying that they found a black slate (they had watched too much of 2001: A Space Odyssey);
Torrence Johnson recalled that the meeting of NASA rocket engineers became the "Arthur C. Road;
When the Apollo 13 oxygen chamber exploded, the astronauts were doing a TV broadcast to the theme song of the movie "Space Odyssey" (how unlucky), so after the explosion, they sent back to Houston this message It is also similar to the movie line "Houston, we have a problem" (too big a heart). After the astronauts finally used the lunar module to escape back to Earth with a narrow escape, NASA Administrator Tom Pine sent an accident report to Clark, it says on it: Arthur, you don’t have a dick with me;
Tom Hanks is a fan of Clark. He named the place where he lives after the American moon base in A Space Odyssey. Called "Clavius", he explained to Clark why he didn't send him an email because "my AE35 component is broken" (the computer HAL in A Space Odyssey started to make excuses). Therefore, Old Tom was very happy to act in "Apollo 13", and at the same time personally directed and hosted the popular science series "From the Earth to the Moon" - the so-called professional fans are nothing more than that.
10.
Arthur Clark admired Qian Xuesen very much, except for naming the spacecraft after him in his works. He also seriously criticized the misdeeds of the U.S. imperialists for framing old money with fabricated charges, calling it "one of the stupidest and most shameful things the United States has ever done."
Later, Clark went to Beijing to receive the Von Kármán Award, the highest honor of the International Astronautical Society (Von Kármán was Qian Xuesen’s teacher and colleague). He wanted to visit Qian Xuesen in the hospital, but was rejected by the doctor, so he had to go through Qian Xuesen’s request. My personal assistant sent me two signed works.
11.
Clark has many famous quotes and predictions. The most famous ones are probably the following three sentences:
1. If an outstanding old scientist points out that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he points out that something is possible, It's impossible, so it's very possible that he's wrong.
2. Explore the limits of possibility. The only way is to cross this limit and go from possibility to impossibility.
3. Any sufficiently advanced technology looks like magic.
I prefer his ardent encouragement for our earth civilization. He believes that compared with those cosmic civilizations that are highly intelligent and very old, our earth civilization is full of youthful vitality——
" They will bathe in the sunset of all things and envy us humans, because we know what the universe looked like when we were young."
12.
When Clark was 90 years old, he was the first to complete it. Spacewalking Soviet cosmonaut Alexey Leonov presented him with a Russian Cosmonaut Medal. Introduction to Arthur Clark, and the crew of Apollo 11 issued a congratulatory message for him, saying that he inspired everyone to explore space. Let millions of people embark on the path of science.
Clark himself believed that “after 90 revolutions around the sun, I have no regrets and no more ambitions.
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13.
If there is a movie about Sir Arthur C. The boy who made a lens into a telescope to locate the moon grew up to promote the dream of landing on the moon, and explained the miracle of landing on the moon to hundreds of millions of people;
And when he sank into the Indian Ocean with his homosexual partner In the deep sea, when you are experiencing the universe in the darkness and weightlessness of the water, at an altitude of 42,000 kilometers from the earth, the synchronous satellites in the "Clarke Orbit" are covering the world with signals.
14.
The epitaph Clark wrote for himself was "He never matured, but he never stopped growing."