2008.11.30

Sir Arthur C. Clarke, 1917-2008

He wore pajamas and a bathrobe, and a swollen bare foot was propped up on an ottoman. That was the figure cut by the revered science-fiction author

(ANDREW HOLBROOKE Corbis)

(ANDREW HOLBROOKE Corbis)

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