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Arthur C. Clarke


Born
in Minehead, Somerset, England, The United Kingdom
December 16, 1917

Died
March 18, 2008

Genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science

Influences
H.G. Wells, Olaf Stapledon, Sophie Germain ...more


Stories, works of noted British writer, scientist, and underwater explorer Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, include 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).

This most important and influential figure in 20th century fiction spent the first half of his life in England and served in World War II as a radar operator before migrating to Ceylon in 1956. He co-created his best known novel and movie with the assistance of Stanley Kubrick.

Clarke, a graduate of King's College, London, obtained first class honours in physics and mathematics. He served as past chairman of the interplanetary society and as a member of the academy of astronautics, the royal astronomical society, and many other organizations.

He authored more than fifty books and won his numerous aw ...more

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2001: A Space Odyssey (Spac...
4.18 avg rating — 344,606 ratings — published 1968 — 390 editions
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Rendezvous with Rama (Rama,...
4.12 avg rating — 191,100 ratings — published 1973
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Childhood’s End
4.12 avg rating — 179,077 ratings — published 1953 — 310 editions
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2010: Odyssey Two (Space Od...
3.96 avg rating — 62,269 ratings — published 1982 — 9 editions
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The City and the Stars
4.07 avg rating — 37,454 ratings — published 1956 — 7 editions
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The Fountains of Paradise
3.95 avg rating — 32,423 ratings — published 1979 — 6 editions
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2061: Odyssey Three (Space...
3.62 avg rating — 34,282 ratings — published 1987 — 15 editions
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Rama II (Rama, #2)
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3001: The Final Odyssey
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“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”
― Arthur C. Clarke
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“I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.”
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tags: extraterrestrials, humor, intelligent-life, life, science, universe
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“The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.”
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Preliminary Poll for SF Series to start March 15, 2021

Xenogenesis trilogy (AKA Lilith’s Brood) by Octavia E. Butler, 3 books starting with Dawn
 
  10 votes, 14.7%

Remembrance of Earth’s Past by Liu Cixin, 3 books starting with The Three-Body Problem
 
  10 votes, 14.7%

Salvation Sequence by Peter F. Hamilton, 3 books starting with Salvation
 
  9 votes, 13.2%

Long Earth series by Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter, 5 books starting with The Long Earth
 
  9 votes, 13.2%

Revenger series by Alastair Reynolds, 3 books starting with Revenger
 
  5 votes, 7.4%

MaddAddam series by Margaret Atwood, 3 books starting with Oryx and Crake
 
  5 votes, 7.4%

Odyssey series by Arthur C. Clarke, 4 books starting with 2001: A Space Odyssey
 
  5 votes, 7.4%

The Gap Cycle by Stephen R. Donaldson, 5 books starting with The Gap Into Conflict: The Real Story
 
  4 votes, 5.9%

Alex Benedict series by Jack McDevitt, 8 books starting with A Talent for War
 
  3 votes, 4.4%

Uplift Saga by David Brin, 6 books starting with Sundiver
 
  3 votes, 4.4%

Zones of Thoughts series by Vernor Vinge, 3 books starting with A Fire Upon the Deep
 
  2 votes, 2.9%

Starfarers quartet by Vonda N. McIntyre, 4 books starting with Starfarers
 
  1 vote, 1.5%

Spiral Arm series by Michael Flynn, 4 books starting with The January Dancer
 
  1 vote, 1.5%

Planet of Adventure series by Jack Vance, 4 books starting with City of the Chasch
 
  1 vote, 1.5%

Impossible Times trilogy by Mark Lawrence, 3 books starting with One Word Kill
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

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