The highly acclaimed science fiction writer Sir Arthur C. Clarke has died in Sri Lanka, aged 90.

Although best known for his collaboration with Stanley Kubrick on the seminal science fiction novel and movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, Clarke was the author of around 100 other fiction and non-fiction works.

His accurate predictions included the moon landings, space travel, communications satellites in geostationary orbit, compact computers, cloning and commercial hovercraft.

He also collaborated with other SF authors including Gentry Lee, Gregory Benford and Stephen Baxter.

Clarke's notable works include the sequels to 2001, Rendevous with Rama (a movie of which is currently in preproduction) and Childhood's End. He became known as a television presenter in the US during the Apollo missions, and fronted various mythbusting investigative programmes during the 1980s.