# Is this an Arthur C. Clarke quote?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 16, 2014, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-arthur-c-clarke-quote/681461 "2014-02-16T04:05:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-arthur-c-clarke-quote/681461/21 "2014-02-17T05:58:55Z")

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:smack: Embarrassingly simple, and yet I missed it. Thanks again!

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**Author:** ![nphoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6de8d8/32.png) [@nphoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nphoenix)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-arthur-c-clarke-quote/681461/22 "2014-02-17T06:00:29Z")

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> [@Indistinguishable](#):
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> :smack: Embarrassingly simple, and yet I missed it. Thanks again!

Yep! Books is a much better place to look for things published before 1995. And can be refined by date, which helps in tracking down original sources.

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