A Fall of Moondust (S.F.Masterworks)
 The Prophet strikes again: This is an astounding book from the greatest Science Fiction writer of all time. Reading large scale "space operas", one would expect that the action in this novel is not as gripping since it revolves around a very [... more]
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The City and the Stars and the Sands of Mars
The City and the Stars for Ever: I read The City and the Stars for the first time in High School in probably 1969 or 1970. It was by far the most profound novel I had ever read. All I could remember was being so upset when it was over. I wanted more. It [... more]
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The Ghost from the Grand Banks and the Deep Range
Two novels: one self-indulgent, one near-classic: The Ghost from the Grand Banks: I'd never heard of this novel before finding it at the library, and I quickly found out why. It's a rather self-indulgent outing by the master, spending more time [... more]
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Firstborn (A Time Odyssey)
He did better alone...: As a lifelong fan of Sir Arthur, I admit to having lost my taste for his work since he collaborated with others. In one of his earlier collaborations, I could easily figure out what lines Clarke wrote, into the story written, [... more]
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Dolphin Island
A solid adventure story: Dolphin Island is one of those solid, worthy Arthur C. Clarke books that has been out of print for many years and is now quite hard to find. This is a novel that Clarke wrote in the early 60's after spending a substantial amount [... more]
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2061
What's on Europa?: I resisted reading this book for a while based on the overwhelming negative reviews but it deffinately is a worthy sequel to the odyssey series. As usual Clarke uses lots of science fact to paint a possible fictional story as to the [... more]
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Childhood's End
The evolution of humanity: Though Clarke is known mostly for writing "hard" science fiction, this book is a surprising departure from his usual style. The very technical descriptions that abound in 2001 are absent here, allowing for an easier [... more]
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Imperial Earth
emblematic Clarke novel: big on ideas, if less so on character: This is a very solid sci-fi novel, a scenario of the future that is complex and unpredictable. It is not about swashbuckling adventure, but paints a vivid picture of a future world with [... more]
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Death and the Senator
Solid presentation: Gower's survey begins with Galileo and ends with Carnap. In between, he covers a number of prominent scientists - the ones you expect, like Bacon and Newton; and a few you don't, like John Maynard Keynes. He has grouped his subjects [... more]
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Sunstorm (A Time Odyssey)
weak, counterintuitive, and left wing: an old civilization in a nearby star, recognizing that Earth will give rise to Energy craven Humans, plan Man's extinction by hurling a large planet into our Sun at 4 BC. That event caused electromagnetic [... more]
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The Space Trilogy: "Islands of the Sky", "Earthlight", ...
Author: Arthur C. Clarke Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9781857987805 ISBN: 1857987802 Number Of Pages: 528 Publication Date: 2001-05-10 [... more]
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2001: A Space Odyssey (G K Hall Perennial Large Print Book)
Amazon.com Review: When an enigmatic monolith is found buried on the moon, scientists are amazed to discover that it's at least 3 million years old. Even more amazing, after it's unearthed the artifact releases a powerful signal aimed at Saturn. What [... more]
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