Arthur C. Clarke

Arthur C. Clarke is best know for doing the robot voice in 2001 a Space Odyssey. He invented geostationary satellites and space elevators, two modern conveniences we now take for granted. He wrote the smash-hit single "Against the Fall of Night" that dominated the British pop charts in 1968. In 1990 Arthur Clarke achieved Nirvana. His disembodied soul merged with one of the trendier collective consciousnesses and his soulless body now lives in Sri Lanka pretending to co-author science fiction novels.