"Now, before you make a movie, you have to have a script, and before you have a script, you have to have a story; though some avant-garde directors have tried to dispense with the latter item, you'll find their work only at art theaters."
British science-fiction writer, inventor, and futurist whose novels and essays shaped modern speculative fiction. He is best known for co-developing the story that became 2001: A Space Odyssey and for popularizing concepts of satellite communications. His career linked scientific imagination with literary influence.