If you haven't heard yet, Arthur C. Clarke died earlier today.

One of the two greatest genius of science fiction ever born, that man was.

If you don't know his works, I'd point you over to "The Star" (short novel) and "Fountains Of Paradise" (long novel) for good examples of what his writing was like.

Because SF should be all like Clarke wrote: Imaginative, sarcastic, amazing, and with unexpected ending, and not "lolz green monstar wit tentacules manning a spaceship!"