A special new Introduction by the author highlights this reissue of a classic science fiction novel that changed the way people looked at the stars--and themselves.
Arthur C. Clarke defines "science fiction" and "fantasy" in remarkably simple terms. "Fantasy" is any story that is physically impossible, as measured by our understanding of science. "Science fiction" is any story that is at least theoretically possible, given applicable technology.Both genres a...
http://www.saltmanz.com/blog/2006/11/...Yesterday (11/02/06) during lunch, I finished my most recent book: Cradle, by Arthur C. Clarke and Genry Lee.This is same team that wrote the last 3/4 of the Rama series (following Clarke's standalone classic, Rendevous With Rama). Those were good books. Cr...
Good hard science fiction for the physics and math junkiesIt is the year 2153. Humans now inhabit the moon, Mars, Mercury, and the moons of Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune. Suddenly, from the depths of deep space, comes an artifact called "Rama". Commander Norton and his team of space men and wom...
There's a scene towards the end of the sixth Harry Potter book where Harry and Dumbledore find a small basin of water with a much-needed magical item at the bottom of it. The water is cursed, though, and they can't simply reach in and grab the item, nor scoop out the water; the water has to be d...
Arthur C. ClarkeGentry LeeRama IIBantam, Paperback, 1990. 12mo. ix, 466 pp. Foreword Rama Revisited by Arthur Clarke [v-ix].First published, 1989.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Alas, it is true. I had read tons of negative reviews b...
Arthur C. ClarkeThe Lost Worlds of 2001Sidgwick & Jackson, Paperback, 1972.12mo. 240 pp.First published in 1972.ContentsForeword1. View of the Year 20002. Son of Dr. Strangelove3. The Sentinel4. Christmas, Shepperton5. Monoliths and Manuscripts6. The Dawn of Man7. First Encounter8. Moon-Watcher9....
“No utopia can ever give satisfaction to everyone, all the time. As their material conditions improve, men raise their sights and become discontented with power and possessions that once would have seemed beyond their wildest dreams. And even when the external world has granted all it can, there ...
Nine years after the disastrous Discovery mission to Jupiter in 2001, a joint U.S.-Soviet expedition sets out to rendezvous with the derelict spacecraft--to search the memory banks of the mutinous computer HAL 9000 for clues to what went wrong...and what became of Commander Dave Bowman. Without ...
Arthur C.Clarke's space saga contines in 2061, when an Earth vessel landing on Halley's Comet marks the beginning of another confrontation between Heywood Floyd and David Bowman - or whatever Bowman has become - a newly independent HAL and the unseen alien power that controls the destiny of Earth.
I must say that although I am a fan of Arthur C. Clarke, this book was a disappointment. While it did have intriguing plot points, it cannot be said to be a meaty or particularly incisive novel.First, its strengths. As with all of Clarke's works that I have read, he is a master at balancing har...
Arthur C. ClarkeA Fall of MoondustGollancz, Paperback, 1995.12mo. 224 pp. Victor Gollancz Science Fiction (VGSF). Preface to the 1987 edition by Arhur Clarke, August 1986 [pp. 5-7].First published, 1961.First published by VGSF, 1995.Second impression, July 1995.===================================...
One thousand years after the Jupiter mission to explore the mysterious Monolith had been destroyed, after Dave Bowman was transformed into the Star Child, Frank Poole drifted in space, frozen and forgotten, leaving the supercomputer HAL inoperable. But now Poole has returned to life, awakening in...
Much excitement has arisen throughout the galaxy over the exploration mission to Jupiter's moon, Amalthea. Led by the renowned Professor J.Q.R. Forster, the dangerous expedition will lead its members to the surface of this strange moon—and beyond. It is Sparta's mission to monitor the trip on the...
It didn't occur to me that this is probably a younger-person's read, however I found it still quite enjoyable. In fact, I think this book could be suitable for just about anyone.As long as you are looking for something that truly will provide an escape; bringing you to another part of the world a...
LATEST STORY REVIEW UPDATE: Story # 15: "Transience".15. Transience (1949) [5 pages] 4.5 Stars: A story that expresses that mankind is here for only a short span of time, temporarily! Man has come, and shall be gone, in the grand scheme of things. ~ June 16, 2015 ~14. History Lesson (1949) [7 pag...
I worried this novel might fail to set itself apart from so many similar disaster movies. Happily, this fear proved unfounded. Sunstorm is the thinking audience’s answer to popcorn disaster flicks. It trades fast-paced action and thin plot for a more compelling and engrossing science-based drama...
I was disappointed in this book, though I confess that part of it is my fault. Clarke didn't tell the story that I wanted him to tell, and this is always an unfair expectation on the part of the reader. "If you want a particular story, you should write it yourself." is the rightful reply of the...
Contents Green Mars • (1985) • novella by Kim Stanley Robinson A Meeting With Medusa • (1971) • novelette by Arthur C. Clarke
Venus Prime Volume One is a science fiction thriller/crime drama that borrows so many elements from other genres that it feels disjointed, but that doesn't make it any less intense, philosophical, or intriguing. The author, Paul Preusss borrows heavily from an Arthur C. Clarke short story called ...
The social forces which determine which books become popular and which fade into obscurity will forever baffle me. The City and the Stars will hence forth be a classic cause of my bafflement. Let me explain.There are two extremely well known works which deal with Utopia, the ultimate "end" of soc...
PrécisttThis is a collection of 24 short stories by Clarke that have a space exploration theme. Some are very short - 3-4 pages, others are more typical and the final one is 38 pages. 12 of the stories are grouped into two very specific themes of six each. For all intents they are chapters in a l...
‘ON THE POISONOUS, ICY SURFACE OF GANYMEDE, A MAN AND A BOY ARE ON A DEADLY HUNTTheir prey is the Aleph – an unknowable alien artifact that has roamed and ruled Ganymede for countless millennia, Indescribable, infinitely dangerous, the Aleph haunts men’s dreams and destroys all efforts to terrafo...
Two classic novels in one volume includes a new introduction written by the author. In "The Ghost from the Grand Banks", the "Titanic" is raised 100 years after its sinking, but fatal obsessions rage and the ship may become a deathtrap again. In "The Deep Range", a traumatized astronaut becomes a...
I found this in a random place in my school's reference room and jumped on it - English language books are difficult to find here unless they're well known classics, and sci-fi books are among the rarest to come across, so I was excited. I was especially excited to see it was a Clarke book I had ...
Ok, 4th in the Venus Prime series and Ellen / Linda / Sparta is recovering from her emergency operation. Lots of intrigue already as the plot lines for the story start to take shape and more hints at her origins in the series' story arc.Getting a little irritated though. I am only a couple of cha...
Este divertido volumen de ARTHUR C. CLARKE recoge quince improbables historias, narradas de viva voz en un pub londinense en el que se reúne semanalmente un selecto grupo de escritores, científicos, periodistas y editores. La gran estrella de esta tertulia es Harry Purvis, jactancioso y ocurrente...
I've been reading Tales from Planet Earth at lunch this week. It's an intriguing collection of short stories, each with an illustrated frontispiece. The foreword is by Isaac Asimov and each story has a short intro written by Clarke for this collection.Clarke is one of the SF authors I always forg...
It is 2010. In two years' time it will be the centennial of the sinking of the Titanic. Two of the world's most powerful corporations race to raise the vessel but there are other powers at work, and chaos theory comes into play as plans progress - and six preserved bodies are found. This novel in...
All strength seemed suddenly to have been drained from his legs: at last he knew, as he had never known before, that fear of the unknown that haunted all his fellow men. He felt himself trembling in every limb, and his sight became misty and uncertain. Could he have escaped from this speeding mac...
Everything had been checked; everything was working perfectly—almost too perfectly, it seemed. The motors would have their final inspection tomorrow; meanwhile the stores could be moved into the two ships. It was a pity, he meditated, that one had to leave a stand-by crew aboard “Beta” while she ...
Clarke Volume III: The Star Out of the Sun First published in If, February 1958 Collected in The Other Side of the Sky If you have only lived on Earth, you have never seen the sun. Of course, we could not look at it directly, but only through dense filters that cut its rays down to endurable bril...
Clarke Volume IV: A Meeting With Medusa Dial F for Frankenstein First published in Playboy, January 1964 Collected in The Wind from the Sun At 0150 GMT on December 1, 1975, every telephone in the world started to ring. A quarter of a billion people picked up their receivers, to listen for a few s...
If we have a ship standing by it will be easy to intercept it the second time it comes around the sun—quite early in the spring of the year a.d. 15,862.FEATHERED FRIENDTo the best of my knowledge, there's never been a regulation that forbids one to keep pets in a space station. No one ever though...