Sir Arthur C Clarke, New York, USA, 1984Photograph: William Coupon/CorbisArthur C Clarke on the set of 2001 A Space Odyssey in 1968.Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex FeaturesA still from the film 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968Photograph: Kobal Collection/Kobal Arthur C Clarke at home in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1986 Photograph: John Reardon/Rex FeaturesArthur C Clarke wearing traditional dress at home in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1993 Photograph: David White/Rex FeaturesArthur C Clarke at his home in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 2007. Clarke, then 89, first went to Sri Lanka as a diver in 1954.Photograph: Gemunu Amarasinghe/APArthur C Clarke after he received his CBE from the Queen in 1989.Photograph: PAArthur C Clarke, in Sri Lanka, 1992Photograph: Fiona Hanson/PA
