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The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke #4
The Collected Stories Volume Four
A fourth collection of gripping short stories from the most acclaimed Science Fiction author of any generation. Arthur C Clarke is without question the world's best-known science fiction writer, enjoying a career of unequalled success. Clarke has always been celebrated for his prophetic vision, which is fully on display in this audiobook, but there are also many stories which show his imagination in full flight.
11 pages, Audible Audio
First published August 9, 2001
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Arthur C. Clarke
1,656 books11.7k followersStories, 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 awards: the Kalinga prize of 1961, the American association for the advancement Westinghouse prize, the Bradford Washburn award, and the John W. Campbell award for his novel Rendezvous with Rama. Clarke also won the nebula award of the fiction of America in 1972, 1974 and 1979, the Hugo award of the world fiction convention in 1974 and 1980. In 1986, he stood as grand master of the fiction of America. The queen knighted him as the commander of the British Empire in 1989.
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 awards: the Kalinga prize of 1961, the American association for the advancement Westinghouse prize, the Bradford Washburn award, and the John W. Campbell award for his novel Rendezvous with Rama. Clarke also won the nebula award of the fiction of America in 1972, 1974 and 1979, the Hugo award of the world fiction convention in 1974 and 1980. In 1986, he stood as grand master of the fiction of America. The queen knighted him as the commander of the British Empire in 1989.
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February 10, 2021
Classic SF stories, you will enjoy it.
September 2, 2023
I just read Songs From Distant Earth and not the other stories.
Apparently this is the 1958 short story and there is a 1986 novel that is better. I won’t spoil anything, but the plot is completely pointless. I don’t know why the story was written except to illustrate the concepts of interstellar travel and the hibernation practiced along with it.
Apparently this is the 1958 short story and there is a 1986 novel that is better. I won’t spoil anything, but the plot is completely pointless. I don’t know why the story was written except to illustrate the concepts of interstellar travel and the hibernation practiced along with it.
January 26, 2026
Cosmic Heartache
Rounding down slightly to a 3.5. Nice, short bittersweet story. I continue to be fascinated by Arthur C. Clarke's imaginative mind. As far as I understand it, this short story served as the premise for a longer book, which Clarke wrote a decade or so later. I look forward to more heartache once I read it.
Rounding down slightly to a 3.5. Nice, short bittersweet story. I continue to be fascinated by Arthur C. Clarke's imaginative mind. As far as I understand it, this short story served as the premise for a longer book, which Clarke wrote a decade or so later. I look forward to more heartache once I read it.
March 25, 2019
An interesting read: all of Clarke's short stories over the course of his career (sometimes brtilliant, sometimes, not so much....). By reading the whole series one after another, the change and growth of his inimitable style through the decades can be truly appreciated.
December 1, 2017
interesting sci-fi classics read.
May 9, 2016
I'm still missing the genius of his early short stories... Still interesting though.
January 16, 2016
A great read of earth destruction and mankind's fight to survive.
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