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Arthur C Clarke
(Arthur Charles Clarke)
(1917 - 2008)aka E G O'Brien, Charles Willis
Arthur C Clarke is probably the world's best known and bestselling science fiction writer. He won innumerable international awards for his fiction, for his science writing and for his inspirational role as one of the chief prophets of the space age. His collaboration with Stanley Kubrick on 2001: A Space Odyssey set new standards for SF films, and he has also presented the television series Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World and its successors. He was described by the New York Times as being "awesomely informed about physics and blessed with one of the most astounding imaginations ever encountered in print."
Sir Arthur C Clarke died March 18th 2008 in his adopted home of Sri Lanka.
Sir Arthur C Clarke died March 18th 2008 in his adopted home of Sri Lanka.
Genres: Science Fiction
Series
Rama
1. Rendezvous with Rama (1972)
2. Rama II (1989) (with Gentry Lee)
3. The Garden of Rama (1991) (with Gentry Lee)
4. Rama Revealed (1993) (with Gentry Lee)
1. Rendezvous with Rama (1972)
2. Rama II (1989) (with Gentry Lee)
3. The Garden of Rama (1991) (with Gentry Lee)
4. Rama Revealed (1993) (with Gentry Lee)
Non fiction series
Blue Planet
1. The Coast of Coral (1956)
2. The Reefs of Taprobane (1957)
3. The Treasure of the Great Reef (1964)
1. The Coast of Coral (1956)
2. The Reefs of Taprobane (1957)
3. The Treasure of the Great Reef (1964)
Novels
Prelude to Space (1951)
aka Master of Space
Against the Fall of Night (1953)
Childhood's End (1953)
The City and the Stars (1956)
The Deep Range (1957)
A Fall of Moondust (1961)
Dolphin Island (1963)
Glide Path (1963)
The Space Dreamers (1969)
Imperial Earth (1975)
The Fountains of Paradise (1979)
The Songs of Distant Earth (1986)
Cradle (1987) (with Gentry Lee)
Beyond the Fall of Night (1990) (with Gregory Benford)
The Ghost from the Grand Banks (1990)
The Hammer of God (1993)
Richter 10 (1996) (with Mike McQuay)
The Trigger (1999) (with Michael P Kube-McDowell)
The Light of Other Days (2000) (with Stephen Baxter)
The Last Theorem (2008) (with Frederik Pohl)
aka Master of Space
Against the Fall of Night (1953)
Childhood's End (1953)
The City and the Stars (1956)
The Deep Range (1957)
A Fall of Moondust (1961)
Dolphin Island (1963)
Glide Path (1963)
The Space Dreamers (1969)
Imperial Earth (1975)
The Fountains of Paradise (1979)
The Songs of Distant Earth (1986)
Cradle (1987) (with Gentry Lee)
Beyond the Fall of Night (1990) (with Gregory Benford)
The Ghost from the Grand Banks (1990)
The Hammer of God (1993)
Richter 10 (1996) (with Mike McQuay)
The Trigger (1999) (with Michael P Kube-McDowell)
The Light of Other Days (2000) (with Stephen Baxter)
The Last Theorem (2008) (with Frederik Pohl)
Collections
Expedition to Earth (1953)
Reach for Tomorrow (1956)
Tales from the White Hart (1957)
The Other Side of the Sky (1958)
Across the Sea of Stars (1959)
Tales of Ten Worlds (1962)
aka Tales From the Ten Worlds
The Nine Billion Names of God (1967)
The Lion of Comarre (1968)
Earthlight and Other Stories (1971)
Of Time and Stars (1972)
The Wind from the Sun (1972)
The Best of Arthur C Clarke 1932-1955 (1973)
Best of Arthur C. Clarke: 1956-1972 (1977)
Four Great SF Novels (1978)
Possessed (1978)
Arthur C. Clarke: 2001, A Space Odyssey; The City and the Stars; The Deep Range, A Fall of Moondust; Rendezvous With Rama (1980)
Lion of Comarre / Against the Fall of Night (1982)
Space Odyssey (1983) (with Robert Silverberg and Kurt Vonnegut Jr)
The Sentinel (1983)
More Than One Universe (1985)
The Best Short Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (1988)
Tales from Planet Earth (1989)
A Meeting with Medusa (1990)
The Arthur C. Clarke Collection (1995)
Childhood Ends (1996)
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2000)
The Shining Ones (2001)
The Ghost from the Grand Banks and the Deep Range (2001)
Towering Yarns (2017) (with others)
Reach for Tomorrow (1956)
Tales from the White Hart (1957)
The Other Side of the Sky (1958)
Across the Sea of Stars (1959)
Tales of Ten Worlds (1962)
aka Tales From the Ten Worlds
The Nine Billion Names of God (1967)
The Lion of Comarre (1968)
Earthlight and Other Stories (1971)
Of Time and Stars (1972)
The Wind from the Sun (1972)
The Best of Arthur C Clarke 1932-1955 (1973)
Best of Arthur C. Clarke: 1956-1972 (1977)
Four Great SF Novels (1978)
Possessed (1978)
Arthur C. Clarke: 2001, A Space Odyssey; The City and the Stars; The Deep Range, A Fall of Moondust; Rendezvous With Rama (1980)
Lion of Comarre / Against the Fall of Night (1982)
Space Odyssey (1983) (with Robert Silverberg and Kurt Vonnegut Jr)
The Sentinel (1983)
More Than One Universe (1985)
The Best Short Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (1988)
Tales from Planet Earth (1989)
A Meeting with Medusa (1990)
The Arthur C. Clarke Collection (1995)
Childhood Ends (1996)
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2000)
The Shining Ones (2001)
The Ghost from the Grand Banks and the Deep Range (2001)
Towering Yarns (2017) (with others)
Anthologies edited
Time Probe (1967)
Three for Tomorrow (1970)
Project Solar Sail (1986) (with David Brin)
Hal's Legacy (1996) (with David G Stork)
The Best of Sci-Fi and Fantasy (1999) (with Orson Scott Card)
Three for Tomorrow (1970)
Project Solar Sail (1986) (with David Brin)
Hal's Legacy (1996) (with David G Stork)
The Best of Sci-Fi and Fantasy (1999) (with Orson Scott Card)
Novellas and Short Stories
Short Stories
Non fiction
Interplanetary Flight (1950)
The Exploration of Space (1951)
The Exploration of the Moon (1954)
The Young Traveller in Space (1954)
aka Going Into Space
The Making of a Moon (1957)
Boy Beneath the Sea (1958)
The Challenge of the Spaceship (1958)
Voice Across the Sea (1958)
The Challenge of the Sea (1960)
The First Five Fathoms (1960)
Indian Ocean Adventure (1961)
Profiles of the Future (1962)
Indian Ocean Treasure (1964) (with Mike Wilson)
Voices from the Sky (1965)
The Coming of the Space Age (1967)
Man and Space (1967)
2001: Filming the Future (1968) (with Piers Bizony)
The Promise of Space (1968)
First on the Moon (1970)
Into Space (1971) (with Robert Silverberg)
The Lost Worlds of 2001 (1971)
Beyond Jupiter (1972) (with Chesley Bonestell)
Report on Planet Three (1972)
Technology and the Frontiers of Knowledge (1975)
2001 and Beyond (1975)
The View from Serendip (1977)
Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World (1980) (with John Fairley and Simon Welfare)
Mysterious Worlds (1980)
Arthur C. Clarke's World of Strange Powers (1981) (with John Fairley and Simon Welfare)
Ascent to Orbit (1984)
1984 Spring (1984)
The Odyssey File (1984) (with Peter Hyams)
Frontline of Discovery (1985)
Arthur C. Clarke's July 20, 2019 (1986)
Arthur C. Clarke's chronicles of the strange and mysterious (1987) (with John Fairley)
How the World Was One (1988)
The Worlds of Galileo (1988)
Astounding Days (1989)
An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural (1992) (with James Randi)
The Fantastic Muse (1992)
By Space Possessed (1993)
The Apollo 11 Moon Landing (1994)
The Colours of Infinity (1994)
The Snows of Olympus (1994)
Arthur C. Clarke's A-Z of Mysteries (1994)
The Supernatural A-Z (1996) (with James Randi)
Macroshift (1997)
Arthur C. Clarke and Lord Dunsany (1998) (with Lord Dunsany)
Arthur C. Clarke's Mysteries (1998) (with John Fairley and Simon Welfare)
Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds! (1998)
Welcome to the Wired World (1999)
Sri Lanka (2000)
Moonwatcher's Memoir (2002) (with Dan Richter)
Talks with the Masters (2018) (with Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, James Gunn and George Zebrowski)
The Exploration of Space (1951)
The Exploration of the Moon (1954)
The Young Traveller in Space (1954)
aka Going Into Space
The Making of a Moon (1957)
Boy Beneath the Sea (1958)
The Challenge of the Spaceship (1958)
Voice Across the Sea (1958)
The Challenge of the Sea (1960)
The First Five Fathoms (1960)
Indian Ocean Adventure (1961)
Profiles of the Future (1962)
Indian Ocean Treasure (1964) (with Mike Wilson)
Voices from the Sky (1965)
The Coming of the Space Age (1967)
Man and Space (1967)
2001: Filming the Future (1968) (with Piers Bizony)
The Promise of Space (1968)
First on the Moon (1970)
Into Space (1971) (with Robert Silverberg)
The Lost Worlds of 2001 (1971)
Beyond Jupiter (1972) (with Chesley Bonestell)
Report on Planet Three (1972)
Technology and the Frontiers of Knowledge (1975)
2001 and Beyond (1975)
The View from Serendip (1977)
Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World (1980) (with John Fairley and Simon Welfare)
Mysterious Worlds (1980)
Arthur C. Clarke's World of Strange Powers (1981) (with John Fairley and Simon Welfare)
Ascent to Orbit (1984)
1984 Spring (1984)
The Odyssey File (1984) (with Peter Hyams)
Frontline of Discovery (1985)
Arthur C. Clarke's July 20, 2019 (1986)
Arthur C. Clarke's chronicles of the strange and mysterious (1987) (with John Fairley)
How the World Was One (1988)
The Worlds of Galileo (1988)
Astounding Days (1989)
An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural (1992) (with James Randi)
The Fantastic Muse (1992)
By Space Possessed (1993)
The Apollo 11 Moon Landing (1994)
The Colours of Infinity (1994)
The Snows of Olympus (1994)
Arthur C. Clarke's A-Z of Mysteries (1994)
The Supernatural A-Z (1996) (with James Randi)
Macroshift (1997)
Arthur C. Clarke and Lord Dunsany (1998) (with Lord Dunsany)
Arthur C. Clarke's Mysteries (1998) (with John Fairley and Simon Welfare)
Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds! (1998)
Welcome to the Wired World (1999)
Sri Lanka (2000)
Moonwatcher's Memoir (2002) (with Dan Richter)
Talks with the Masters (2018) (with Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, James Gunn and George Zebrowski)
Omnibus editions
From the Ocean, From the Stars (1962)
Prelude to Mars (1965)
An Arthur C. Clarke second omnibus (1968)
The City and the Stars / The Sands of Mars (2001)
Clarke's Universe (2006)
Penguin Galaxy Series 6 Books Set (2022) (with others)
Prelude to Mars (1965)
An Arthur C. Clarke second omnibus (1968)
The City and the Stars / The Sands of Mars (2001)
Clarke's Universe (2006)
Penguin Galaxy Series 6 Books Set (2022) (with others)
Anthologies containing stories by Arthur C Clarke
No Place Like Earth (1954)
Stories for Tomorrow (1954)
Time to Come (1954)
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 5th Series (1956)
Best SF 2 (1956)
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 7th Series (1958)
A Treasury of Great Science Fiction, Volume 2 (1959)
13 Great Stories of Science Fiction (1960)
The Fantastic Universe Omnibus (1960)
Out of This World 3 (1962)
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales (1963)
Novelets of Science Fiction (1963)
Spectrum 3 (1963)
The Best Science Fiction Stories 3 (1964)
Tales of Science Fiction (1964)
An ABC of Science Fiction (1966)
Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science Fiction (1966)
The Future Makers (1968)
One Hundred Years of Science Fiction (1968)
The Stars and Under (1968)
Voyager 5 (1969)
A Wilderness of Stars (1970)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year (1972)
3000 Years of Fantasy and Science Fiction (1972)
The Nightmare Reader Volume 2 (1973)
New Writings in SF 22 (1973)
The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1973)
Nebula Award Stories 8 (1973)
Modern Science Fiction (1974)
Tales of Terror From Outer Space (1975)
The Best Science Fiction Stories (1977)
To Follow a Star (1977)
The Infinite Arena (1977)
The Science Fictional Solar System (1979)
A Century of Science Fiction 1950-1959 (1981)
The Golden Age of Science Fiction (1981)
The Great SF Stories 8 (1982)
Top Science Fiction (1984)
Election Day 2084 (1984)
Random Access Messages of the Computer Age (1984)
The Great SF Stories 13 (1985)
Nebula Awards 21 (1987)
Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century (1987)
Space Wars (1988)
Curses (1989)
Between Time and Terror (1990)
Nebula Award-Winning Novellas (1994)
The Ascent of Wonder (1994)
Reel Future (1994)
Science Fiction, Science Fact, and You (1995)
Space Movies (1995)
The Ultimate Alien (1995)
The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 2 (1996)
Dinosaurs (1996)
The Wizards of Odd (1996)
Space Stories (1996)
Cyber-Killers (1997)
The Flying Sorcerers (1997)
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction (1998)
The Road to Science Fiction 5 (1998)
The Young Oxford Book of Aliens (1998)
Don't Open This Book! (1998)
Vintage Science Fiction (1999)
Bangs and Whimpers (1999)
Bruce Coville's Strange Worlds (2000)
Explorers (2000)
Stories for Tomorrow (1954)
Time to Come (1954)
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 5th Series (1956)
Best SF 2 (1956)
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 7th Series (1958)
A Treasury of Great Science Fiction, Volume 2 (1959)
13 Great Stories of Science Fiction (1960)
The Fantastic Universe Omnibus (1960)
Out of This World 3 (1962)
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales (1963)
Novelets of Science Fiction (1963)
Spectrum 3 (1963)
The Best Science Fiction Stories 3 (1964)
Tales of Science Fiction (1964)
An ABC of Science Fiction (1966)
Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science Fiction (1966)
The Future Makers (1968)
One Hundred Years of Science Fiction (1968)
The Stars and Under (1968)
Voyager 5 (1969)
A Wilderness of Stars (1970)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year (1972)
3000 Years of Fantasy and Science Fiction (1972)
The Nightmare Reader Volume 2 (1973)
New Writings in SF 22 (1973)
The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1973)
Nebula Award Stories 8 (1973)
Modern Science Fiction (1974)
Tales of Terror From Outer Space (1975)
The Best Science Fiction Stories (1977)
To Follow a Star (1977)
The Infinite Arena (1977)
The Science Fictional Solar System (1979)
A Century of Science Fiction 1950-1959 (1981)
The Golden Age of Science Fiction (1981)
The Great SF Stories 8 (1982)
Top Science Fiction (1984)
Election Day 2084 (1984)
Random Access Messages of the Computer Age (1984)
The Great SF Stories 13 (1985)
Nebula Awards 21 (1987)
Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century (1987)
Space Wars (1988)
Curses (1989)
Between Time and Terror (1990)
Nebula Award-Winning Novellas (1994)
The Ascent of Wonder (1994)
Reel Future (1994)
Science Fiction, Science Fact, and You (1995)
Space Movies (1995)
The Ultimate Alien (1995)
The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 2 (1996)
Dinosaurs (1996)
The Wizards of Odd (1996)
Space Stories (1996)
Cyber-Killers (1997)
The Flying Sorcerers (1997)
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction (1998)
The Road to Science Fiction 5 (1998)
The Young Oxford Book of Aliens (1998)
Don't Open This Book! (1998)
Vintage Science Fiction (1999)
Bangs and Whimpers (1999)
Bruce Coville's Strange Worlds (2000)
Explorers (2000)
Short stories
| Travel By Wire! (1937) | |||
| Retreat from Earth (1938) | |||
| The Awakening (1942) | |||
| Whacky (1942) | |||
| Loophole (1946) | |||
| Rescue Party (1946) | |||
| Technical Error (1946) | |||
| Castaway (1947) | |||
| The Curse (1947) | |||
| The Fires Within (1947) (as by E G O'Brien) | |||
| Inheritance (1948) | |||
| Breaking Strain [short story] (1949) | |||
| The Forgotten Enemy (1949) | |||
| Hide and Seek (1949) | |||
| History Lesson (1949) | |||
| Transience (1949) | |||
| The Wall of Darkness (1949) | |||
| Guardian Angel (1950) | |||
| Nemesis (1950) | |||
| The Road to the Sea (1950) | |||
| Silence, Please! (1950) | |||
| Time's Arrow (1950) | |||
| A Walk in the Dark (1950) | |||
| Captain Wyxtpthll's Flying Saucer (1951) | |||
| 'If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth...' (1951) | |||
| Second Dawn (1951) | |||
| The Sentinel [short story] (1951) | |||
| Sentinel of Eternity (1951) | |||
| Superiority (1951) | |||
| Trouble with the Natives (1951) | |||
| All the Time in the World (1952) | |||
| The Possessed (1952) | |||
| Encounter at Dawn (1953) | |||
| Encounter in the Dawn (1953) | |||
| Expedition to Earth [short story] (1953) | |||
| Jupiter V (1953) | |||
| The Nine Billion Names of God [short story] (1953) | |||
| The Parasite (1953) | |||
| Armaments Race (1954) | |||
| Big Game Hunt (1954) | |||
| No Morning After (1954) | |||
| Patent Pending (1954) | |||
| Refugee (1955) | |||
| The Star (1955) | Hugo | ||
| This Earth of Majesty (1955) | |||
| What Goes Up (1955) | |||
| All That Glitters (1956) | |||
| Green Fingers (1956) | |||
| The Next Tenants (1956) | |||
| The Pacifist (1956) | |||
| Publicity Campaign (1956) | |||
| A Question of Residence (1956) | |||
| The Reluctant Orchid (1956) | |||
| Robin Hood, FRS (1956) | |||
| The Starting Line (1956) | |||
| The Ultimate Melody (1956) | |||
| Venture to the Moon (1956) | |||
| Watch This Space (1956) | |||
| The Call of the Stars (1957) | |||
| Cold War (1957) | |||
| Critical Mass (1957) | |||
| The Defestration of Ermintrude Inch (1957) | |||
| Feathered Friend (1957) | |||
| Freedom of Space (1957) | |||
| Let There Be Light (1957) | |||
| The Man Who Ploughed the Sea (1957) | |||
| Moving Spirit (1957) | |||
| The Other Side of the Sky [short story] (1957) | |||
| Passer-By (1957) | |||
| Security Check (1957) | |||
| Sleeping Beauty (1957) | |||
| The Songs of Distant Earth [short story] (1957) | |||
| Special Delivery (1957) | |||
| Take a Deep Breath (1957) | |||
| Cosmic Casanova (1958) | |||
| The Haunted Spacesuit (1958) | |||
| Out of the Sun (1958) | |||
| A Slight Case of Sunstroke (1958) | |||
| Who's There? (1958) | |||
| Out of the Cradle, Endlessly Orbiting... (1959) | |||
| Crime on Mars (1960) | |||
| I Remember Babylon (1960) | |||
| Into the Comet (1960) | |||
| Summertime on Icarus (1960) | |||
| Trouble with Time (1960) | |||
| Before Eden (1961) | |||
| Death and the Senator (1961) | |||
| Hate (1961) | |||
| Saturn Rising (1961) | |||
| An Ape About the Hoose (1962) | |||
| Dog Star (1962) | |||
| The Secret (1963) | |||
| Sunjammer (1964) | |||
| The Wind from the Sun [short story] (1964) | |||
| Dial "F" for Frankenstein (1965) | |||
| The Longest Science-Fiction Story Ever Told (1966) | |||
| A Meeting with Medusa [short story] (1971) | Hugo (nominee) Nebula Awards | ||
| Reunion (1971) | |||
| Rendezvous with Rama (excerpt) (1973) | |||
| The Steam-Powered Word Processor (1986) | |||
| Hibernaculum 46 (2000) (with Stephen Baxter) |
Awards
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Arthur C Clarke recommends
Mars Underground (1997)
William K Hartmann
"A realistic and exciting view of the future presence of humans on Mars."
Blue Mars (1996)
(Mars, book 3)
Kim Stanley Robinson
"Staggering...required reading for the colonists of the next century."
Timemaster (1992)
Robert L Forward
"No one can beat Bob Forward at hard-core SF in the best Smith/Campbell tradition - and with TIMEMASTER he has excelled himself!"
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