Arthur C. Clarke
When listing the giants in science fiction writing, one name that always comes up is that of Arthur C. Clarke. The creator of 2001, Clarke has written more than 60 books. He has won all of the field's highest honors including Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America, Kalinga Prize, Hugo (twice), Nebula, and Campbell.
In addition to his hefty reputation as a writer, Clarke is a scientist, known
for his invention of satellite communication. His interest in science started
early: he built his first telescope at age 13. He is the founder of the British
Interplanetary Society, that originally met in his apartment.
Eventually his interests went from space to sea and he engaged in a great deal of exploration and diving until he became physically unable to do so.
Clarke was born in Somerset, England in 1917 and has lived in Sri Lanka since 1956. He was granted a British knighthood in 1998.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Space Trilogy |
Rama |
Islands in the Sky |
Rendezvous with Rama |
Earthlight |
Rama II (with Gentry Lee) |
Sands of Mars |
The Garden of Rama (with Gentry Lee) |
Rama Revealed (with Gentry Lee) |
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Space Odyssey |
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2001: A Space Odyssey |
Venus Prime |
2010: Odyssey Two |
Breaking Strain (with Paul Preuss) |
2061: Odyssey Three |
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3001: The Final Odyssey |
Time Odyssey |
Time's Eye (with Stephen Baxter) |
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Other |
Sunstorm (with Stephen Baxter) |
Prelude to Space |
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Against the Fall of Night |
Non-fiction |
Childhood's End |
From Narnia to a Space Odyssey |
The Deep Range |
Ascent to Orbit |
The City and the Stars |
Astounding Days |
A Fall of Moondust |
Boy Beyond the Sea |
Dolphin Island |
By Space Possessed |
Glidepath |
First on the Moon |
The Space Dreamers |
Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds |
Imperial Earth |
How the World Was One |
The View from Serendip |
Interplanetary Flight |
The Fountains of Paradise |
Man and Space |
Cradle (with Gentry Lee) |
Sri Lanka: The Emerald Island |
Beyond the Fall of Night (Gregory Benford) |
The Challenge of the Sea |
The Ghost from the Grand Banks |
The Challenge of the Spaceship |
The Hammer of God |
The Coast of Coral |
Richter 10 (with Mike McQuay) |
The Colours of Infinity |
The Trigger (with Michael P Kube-McDowell |
The Exploration of Space |
The Light of Other Days (with Stephen Baxter) |
The Exploration of the Moon |
The Last Theorem |
The Fantastic Muse |
The Lost Worlds of 2001 |
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The Promise of Space |
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The Snows of Olympus |
