"There's no real objection to escapism, in the right places... We all want to escape occasionally. But science fiction is often very far from escapism, in fact you might say that science fiction is escape into reality... It's a fiction which does concern itself with real issues: the origin of man; our future. In fact I can't think of any form of literature which is more concerned with real issues, reality."

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About Arthur C. Clarke

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.

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