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  • Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sir Arthur C. Clarke sits at his desk with his one-eyed Chihuahua, "Pepsi" tucked inside his shirt. Clarke enjoys telling visitors that this is his reenactment of the alien baby bursting forth from the chest of the astronaut in the sci-fi movie Alien. Published in Stern Magazine, 28 December 2000 issue, pages 76-77. (He has post-polio syndrome) Best known for the book 2001: A Space Odyssey. MODEL RELEASED
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  • Sir Arthur C. Clarke in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Daily table tennis at the Otter Club. (He has post-polio syndrome) Best known for the book 2001: A Space Odyssey. MODEL RELEASED
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  • Elephant orphanage at Pinnawella, Sri Lanka. Sir Arthur C. Clarke's glasses. Sir Arthur is best known for the book 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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  • Aukana, Sri Lanka. 5th century Buddha thru glasses of Sir Arthur C. Clarke. Sir Arthur is best known for the book 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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  • Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sir Arthur C. Clarke's daily dose of afternoon table tennis at the Otter Club. He is playing against one of his valets Lenin, and takes his game very seriously. Published in Stern Magazine, 28 December 2000, page 77. (He has post-polio syndrome) Best known for the book 2001: A Space Odyssey. MODEL RELEASED
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  • Colombo, Sri Lanka.Sir Arthur C. Clarke holds a DVD copy of the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. Clarke wrote, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Referring to the DVD in his hand, he said, "If I were able to give Thomas Edison this disc, he would have no idea of what it was or how it worked. It would be magic." (He has post-polio syndrome) Best known for the book 2001: A Space Odyssey. MODEL RELEASED
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  • Sir Arthur C. Clarke in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sir Arthur is best known for the book 2001: A Space Odyssey. MODEL RELEASED
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  • Sir Arthur C. Clarke, composite. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sir Arthur C. Clarke gazes at the moon. "I can never look now at the Milky Way without wondering from which of those banked clouds of stars the emissaries are coming," one of Arthur C. Clarke's characters says in the short story "The Sentinel" (1948), which was the basis for his book 2001 - A Space Odyssey. MODEL RELEASED
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  • Sigirya, Sri Lanka. 5th century fortress and View of fortress and Jaguar sign thru Sir Arthur Clarke's glasses. Sir Arthur is best known for the book 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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  • Colombo, Sri Lanka. At Galle Face Hotel Beach next to Hotel, Sir Arthur C Clarke's glasses. ACC is Best known for the book 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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  • Sir Arthur C. Clarke at Galle Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sir Arthur Clarke watches DVD of 2001: A Space Odyssey. (wrote 3001 at Hotel) (He has post-polio syndrome) Best known for the book 2001: A Space Odyssey. MODEL RELEASED
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  • Sir Arthur C. Clarke in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Daily table tennis at the Otter Club. (He has post-polio syndrome) Best known for the book 2001: A Space Odyssey. MODEL RELEASED
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  • Sir Arthur C. Clarke in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sir Arthur C. Clarke donned scuba gear for this photograph for the first time since 1991 and dives in the pool at the Otter Swim Club. Clarke moved to Sri Lanka in part for the excellent scuba diving more than 40 years ago. He is too frail to dive in the ocean. (He has post-polio syndrome) Best known for the book 2001: A Space Odyssey. MODEL RELEASED
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  • Colombo, Sri Lanka.Sir Arthur C. Clarke donned scuba gear for this photograph for the first time since 1991 and dives in the pool at the Otter Swim Club. Clarke moved to Sri Lanka in part for the excellent scuba diving more than 40 years ago. He is too frail to dive in the ocean (he has post-polio syndrome). He is seen here gesturing obscenely in response to Peter Menzel's gesture asking him to swim overhead one more time to take another photo. Sir Arthur is best known for the book 2001: A Space Odyssey. MODEL RELEASED
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  • Colombo, Sri Lanka.Sir Arthur C. Clarke holds a DVD copy of the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. Clarke wrote, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Referring to the DVD in his hand, he said, "If I were able to give Thomas Edison this disc, he would have no idea of what it was or how it worked. It would be magic." Sir Arthur is best known for the book 2001: A Space Odyssey. MODEL RELEASED
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  • Colombo, Sri Lanka.Sir Arthur C. Clarke works at his desk in his home in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (He has post-polio syndrome) Best known for the book 2001: A Space Odyssey. MODEL RELEASED
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  • Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sir Arthur C. Clarke sits in his wheelchair (he has post-polio syndrome) at the Galle Face Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka, upon a checkerboard-patterned area facing the sea. Clarke wrote 3001 while living in this hotel. He wrote 2001 while living in the Chelsea Hotel in New York City. When asked about Hal and Hal's legacy (artificial intelligence), Clarke said that Hal was possible but asked if that was a good idea. He said that he believed intelligent machines will come, but then there is the question of consciousness. "I think, therefore I am, I think," he said. The photograph Illustrates this quote. Published in Germany's Stern Magazine, 12 December 2001, pages 74-75 and table of contents. (He has post-polio syndrome) Best known for the book 2001: A Space Odyssey. MODEL RELEASED
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  • Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sir Arthur C. Clarke donned scuba gear for this photograph for the first time since 1991 and dives in the pool at the Otter Swim Club. Clarke moved to Sri Lanka in part for the excellent scuba diving more than 40 years ago. He is too frail to dive in the ocean. Published in Stern Magazine, 28 December 2000 issue, page 76. (He has post-polio syndrome) Best known for the book 2001: A Space Odyssey. MODEL RELEASED
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  • Colombo, Sri Lanka..Sir Arthur C. Clarke sits in his wheelchair (he has post-polio syndrome) upon a checkerboard-patterned area outside the grand seaside Galle Face Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Clarke wrote 3001, the last book of his acclaimed science fiction series while living in this hotel. (He wrote 2001 while living in the Chelsea Hotel in New York City). Protecting Clarke from the fierce noon sun, is the hotel doorman, Kattarapatte Chadthu Kuttan, 70, who has worked at the Galle Face Hotel for 58 years, since age 12. (2001) Best known for the book 2001: A Space Odyssey. MODEL RELEASED
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  • Sir Arthur C. Clarke in Colombo, Sri Lanka. In Clarke's home office in his wheelchair, his one-eyed Chihuahua, "Pepsi" sits waiting for Clarke to return from his nap. Best known for the book 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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