Born in Minehead, Somerset in 1917, Arthur C. Clarke is perhaps the
most celebrated science fiction author alive today. He is the
author of more than sixty books with more than 50 million copies in
print, and the winner of all the field's highest honors. He was
named Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America in
1986.
In 1945 he published the technical paper "Extra-terrestrial
Relays," which in essence invented the principle of worldwide
communication via geosynchronous satellite.
His well-known novels include "Childhood's End; Against the Fall of
Knight; 2001: A Space Odyssey; Rendezvous with Rama; Imperial
Earth; The Fountains of Paradise; 2010: Odyssey Two; 2061: Odyssey
Three, "and "3001." In 1968, he collaborated with director Stanley
Kubrick on the screenplay for the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey,
which was derived from his story "The Sentinel."
He has lived in Colombo, Sri Lanka since 1956. He was awarded the
CBE in 1989 and knighted in 1998.
"Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein succeeded. . .
and now Stephen Baxter joins their exclusive ranks, writing science
fiction in which the science is right. A sheer pleasure to
read."--"New Scientist"
"Extraordinarily rich in ideas."--"Los Angeles Times"
"A sweeping, mind-boggling read!"--"Booklist"
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