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The City And The Stars (S.F. Masterworks)

The City And The Stars (S.F. Masterworks)

by Sir Arthur C. Clarke (Author)

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    Paperback 2001

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    Paperback 1993

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Synopsis

Clarke's masterful evocation of the far future of humanity, considered his finest novel

Men had built cities before, but never such a city as Diaspar. For millennia its protective dome shut out the creeping decay and danger of the world outside. Once, it held powers that rule the stars.

But then, as legend has it, the invaders came, driving humanity into this last refuge. It takes one man, a Unique, to break through Diaspar's stifling inertia, to smash the legend and discover the true nature of the Invaders.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 256
 Edition: New Ed
 Publisher: Gateway
Published: 08 Mar 2001
ISBN 10: 1857987632
ISBN 13: 9781857987638
Book Overview: Clarke's masterful evocation of the far future of humanity, considered his finest novel.

Author Bio
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.