by Arthur C . Clarke (Author)
A volume containing all 18 short stories written by Arthur C. Clarke in the 1960s. They depict a future in which technologies are beginning to dictate man's lifestyle - even to demand life for themselves.
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 193
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 26 Sep 1996
ISBN 10: 0575600527
ISBN 13: 9780575600522
Book Overview: Arthur C Clarke is the world's foremost writer of SF and accessible science; his predictions have been coming true since he invented the idea of communications satellites in the 1940s 'One of the truly prophetic figures of the space age' New Yorker 'Arthur C. Clarke is one of the true geniuses of our time. I envy him his brain' Ray Bradbury 'Here is the rich variety we have come to expect from the master. Worth grabbing' Kingsley Amis
Arthur C. Clarke was born in Minehead in 1917. During the Second World War he served as an RAF radar instructor, rising to the rank of Flight-Lieutenant. After the war he won a BSc in physics and mathematics with first class honours from King's College, London. One of the most respected of all science-fiction writers, he also won the KALINGA PRIZE, the AVIATION SPACE-WRITERS PRIZE,and the WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE WRITING PRIZE. He also shared an OSCAR nomination with Stanley Kubrick for the screenplay of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, which was based on his story, 'The Sentinel'. He lived in Sri Lanka from 1956 until his death in 2008.
To discover more about how the legacy of Sir Arthur is being honoured today, please visit http://www.clarkefoundation.org
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