title: Obituary: Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008).
authors.affiliation: Gregory Benford is in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA. He is also an author whose best-known novel is Timescape. xbenford@aol.com.
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Benford