About
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) was a British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist. Born in Minehead, England, Clarke was fascinated by space from a young age. He joined the Royal Air Force during World War II, where he developed his interest in radar. After the war, Clarke wrote several influential short stories and novels, including "The Sentinel" (1948) and "Childhood's End" (1953). Clarke also played a significant role in the development of satellite telecommunications, proposing the idea of geostationary satellites in 1945. Clarke's notable works include the "Space Odyssey" series, which inspired the iconic film 2001: A Space Odyssey. He received numerous awards for his contributions to science fiction, including the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award. Clarke's writings and ideas continue to inspire scientists, engineers, and science fiction enthusiasts worldwide.
Book Series by Arthur C. Clarke
Space Odyssey Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| 2001: A Space Odyssey | 1968 | Buy on Amazon |
| 2010: Odyssey Two | 1982 | Buy on Amazon |
| 2061: Odyssey Three | 1987 | Buy on Amazon |
| 3001: The Final Odyssey | 1997 | Buy on Amazon |
Rama Series with Gentry Lee
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Rendezvous with Rama | 1973 | Buy on Amazon |
| Rama II ( With: Gentry Lee) | 1989 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Garden of Rama ( With: Gentry Lee) | 1991 | Buy on Amazon |
| Rama Revealed ( With: Gentry Lee) | 1993 | Buy on Amazon |
| Bright Messengers ( By: Gentry Lee) | 1995 | Buy on Amazon |
| Double Full Moon Night ( By: Gentry Lee) | 1999 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Tranquility Wars ( By: Gentry Lee) | 2000 | Buy on Amazon |
A Time Odyssey Series with Stephen Baxter
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Time's Eye | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| Sunstorm | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Firstborn | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
Life Science Library Series by Alan E. Nourse, Robert O'Brien
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Machines ( By: Robert O'Brien) | 1964 | Buy on Amazon |
| Man And Space | 1964 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Body ( By: Alan E. Nourse) | 1964 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ships ( By: Robert O'Brien) | 1965 | Buy on Amazon |
| Weather ( By: Robert O'Brien, Philip D. Thompson) | 1965 | Buy on Amazon |
Blue Planet Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Coast of the Coral | 1956 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Reefs of Taprobane | 1956 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Treasure of the Great Reef | 1964 | Buy on Amazon |
Arthur C. Clarke Other Novels
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Against the Fall of Night | 1948 | Buy on Amazon |
| Prelude to Space (Short Story) | 1950 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Sands of Mars | 1951 | Buy on Amazon |
| Islands in the Sky | 1952 | Buy on Amazon |
| Childhood's End | 1953 | Buy on Amazon |
| Earthlight | 1955 | Buy on Amazon |
| City and the Stars | 1956 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Deep Range | 1957 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Fall of Moondust | 1961 | Buy on Amazon |
| Dolphin Island | 1963 | Buy on Amazon |
| Glide Path | 1963 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Lost Worlds Of 2001 | 1971 | Buy on Amazon |
| Imperial Earth | 1975 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Fountains of Paradise | 1979 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Songs of Distant Earth | 1986 | Buy on Amazon |
| July 20, 2019 | 1986 | Buy on Amazon |
| Cradle ( With: Gentry Lee) | 1987 | Buy on Amazon |
| Beyond the Fall of Night ( With: Gregory Benford) | 1990 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Ghost from the Grand Banks | 1990 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Hammer of God | 1993 | Buy on Amazon |
| Richter 10 ( With: Mike McQuay) | 1996 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Trigger | 1999 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Light of Other Days ( With: Stephen Baxter) | 2000 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Last Theorem ( With: Frederik Pohl) | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
Arthur C. Clarke Non-Fiction Books
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Interplanetary Flight | 1950 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Exploration of Space | 1951 | Buy on Amazon |
| Boy Beneath the Sea | 1958 | Buy on Amazon |
| Voice Across The Sea | 1958 | Buy on Amazon |
| Profiles of the Future | 1962 | Buy on Amazon |
| Voices from the Sky | 1966 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Promise of Space | 1968 | Buy on Amazon |
| Into Space ( With: Robert Silverberg) | 1971 | Buy on Amazon |
| The View from Serendip | 1977 | Buy on Amazon |
| 1984: Spring - A Choice of Futures | 1984 | Buy on Amazon |
| Astounding Days | 1990 | Buy on Amazon |
| How the World Was One | 1992 | Buy on Amazon |
| Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds! | 1999 | Buy on Amazon |
| From Narnia To Space Odyssey ( With: C.S. Lewis) | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Exploration of the Moon (Short Story) | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
Isaac Asimov's Anthology Series
Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction ( By: Isaac Asimov, Tanith Lee, Phyllis Eisenstein, Gene Wolfe, Barry B. Longyear, John M. Ford, Arnie Bateman, Alan Dean Foster, Martin Gardner, Randall Garrett, Rob Chilson, Ted Reynolds, George Scithers, Richard S. McEnroe, Jeff Duntemann, R.N. Bracewell, K.W. MacAnn, G. Richard Bozarth)
1980
Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far ( By: Isaac Asimov, Frederik Pohl, Carter Scholz, Barry B. Longyear, John M. Ford, Jack Williamson, Darrell Schweitzer, John Brunner, Juleen Brantingham, Martin Gardner, Richard Wilson, Milton A. Rothman, Elizabeth Anne Hull, Sharon Webb, Somtow Sucharitkul, Lee Weinstein, Ted Reynolds, George Scithers, F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre, William Tuning, Francis E. Izzo, Paul David Novitski, Lee Russell, Seth S. Horowitz, Tol E. Rant, S. Dale, Julie Flores, Tony Sarowitz)
1981
Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own ( By: Connie Willis, Ursula K. Le Guin, Pat Cadigan, Joan D. Vinge, Tanith Lee, Pamela Sargent, Lee Killough, Mary Gentle, Mildred Downey Broxon, Shawna McCarthy, Sharon Webb, Leigh Kennedy, Stephanie A. Smith, Cherie Wilkerson, Julie Stevens, Sydney J. Van Scyoc, Cyn Mason, P.A. Kagan, P.J. MacQuarrie, Janet O. Jeppson, Beverly Grant, Hope Athearn)
1983
Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! ( By: Connie Willis, George R.R. Martin, Ron Goulart, John Kessel, George Alec Effinger, Robert Thurston, Tanith Lee, Lucius Shepard, Scott Baker, Lillian Carl, Juleen Brantingham, Lee Killough, Ian McDowell, Daphne Castell, Sharon N. Farber, Richard Kearns, Shawna McCarthy, Leigh Kennedy, Gregg Keizer, Kristi Olesen)
1989
Isaac Asimov's Werewolves ( By: Isaac Asimov, Suzy McKee Charnas, Gardner Dozois)
1999
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction ( By: Isaac Asimov, Tanith Lee, Phyllis Eisenstein, Gene Wolfe, Barry B. Longyear, John M. Ford, Arnie Bateman, Alan Dean Foster, Martin Gardner, Randall Garrett, Rob Chilson, Ted Reynolds, George Scithers, Richard S. McEnroe, Jeff Duntemann, R.N. Bracewell, K.W. MacAnn, G. Richard Bozarth) | 1980 | Buy on Amazon |
| Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far ( By: Isaac Asimov, Frederik Pohl, Carter Scholz, Barry B. Longyear, John M. Ford, Jack Williamson, Darrell Schweitzer, John Brunner, Juleen Brantingham, Martin Gardner, Richard Wilson, Milton A. Rothman, Elizabeth Anne Hull, Sharon Webb, Somtow Sucharitkul, Lee Weinstein, Ted Reynolds, George Scithers, F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre, William Tuning, Francis E. Izzo, Paul David Novitski, Lee Russell, Seth S. Horowitz, Tol E. Rant, S. Dale, Julie Flores, Tony Sarowitz) | 1981 | Buy on Amazon |
| Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own ( By: Connie Willis, Ursula K. Le Guin, Pat Cadigan, Joan D. Vinge, Tanith Lee, Pamela Sargent, Lee Killough, Mary Gentle, Mildred Downey Broxon, Shawna McCarthy, Sharon Webb, Leigh Kennedy, Stephanie A. Smith, Cherie Wilkerson, Julie Stevens, Sydney J. Van Scyoc, Cyn Mason, P.A. Kagan, P.J. MacQuarrie, Janet O. Jeppson, Beverly Grant, Hope Athearn) | 1983 | Buy on Amazon |
| Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! ( By: Shawna McCarthy) | 1985 | Buy on Amazon |
| Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! ( By: Connie Willis, George R.R. Martin, Ron Goulart, John Kessel, George Alec Effinger, Robert Thurston, Tanith Lee, Lucius Shepard, Scott Baker, Lillian Carl, Juleen Brantingham, Lee Killough, Ian McDowell, Daphne Castell, Sharon N. Farber, Richard Kearns, Shawna McCarthy, Leigh Kennedy, Gregg Keizer, Kristi Olesen) | 1989 | Buy on Amazon |
| Isaac Asimov's Aliens ( By: Isaac Asimov, Gardner Dozois) | 1991 | Buy on Amazon |
| Isaac Asimov's Robots ( By: Isaac Asimov, Rob Chilson) | 1991 | Buy on Amazon |
| Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite ( By: Isaac Asimov, John M. Ford) | 1993 | Buy on Amazon |
| Isaac Asimov's War ( By: Isaac Asimov, Gardner Dozois) | 1993 | Buy on Amazon |
| Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams ( By: Isaac Asimov, Gardner Dozois) | 1994 | Buy on Amazon |
| Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep ( By: Isaac Asimov, Gardner Dozois) | 1995 | Buy on Amazon |
| Isaac Asimov's Ghosts (Short Story) ( By: Isaac Asimov, Terry Bisson) | 1995 | Buy on Amazon |
| Isaac Asimov's Christmas ( By: Isaac Asimov, Gardner Dozois) | 1997 | Buy on Amazon |
| Isaac Asimov's Camelot ( By: Isaac Asimov, Gardner Dozois, Eleanor Arnason) | 1998 | Buy on Amazon |
| Isaac Asimov's Detectives ( By: Isaac Asimov, Gardner Dozois) | 1998 | Buy on Amazon |
| Isaac Asimov's Werewolves ( By: Isaac Asimov, Suzy McKee Charnas, Gardner Dozois) | 1999 | Buy on Amazon |
| Isaac Asimov's Solar System ( By: Gardner Dozois) | 1999 | Buy on Amazon |
| Isaac Asimov's Utopias ( By: Isaac Asimov, Gardner Dozois) | 2000 | Buy on Amazon |
| Isaac Asimov's Father Day ( By: Isaac Asimov, Gardner Dozois) | 2001 | Buy on Amazon |
| Isaac Asimov's Halloween ( By: Isaac Asimov) | 2001 | Buy on Amazon |
Arthur C. Clarke Short Story Collections
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke | 1938 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Sentinel | 1951 | Buy on Amazon |
| Reach for Tomorrow | 1956 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tales From The White Hart | 1957 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tales of Ten Worlds | 1962 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Nine Billion Names of God (Short Story) | 1967 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Lion Of Comarre | 1968 | Buy on Amazon |
| Expedition to Earth | 1968 | Buy on Amazon |
| Of Time and Stars | 1972 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Wind From The Sun | 1972 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Meeting With Medusa | 1988 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Shining Ones | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
Arthur C. Clarke Anthologies
They Came from Outer Space: 12 Classic Science Fiction Tales That Became Major Motion Pictures
1979
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction / Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century
1980
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Star Science Fiction Stories 3 | 1955 | Buy on Amazon |
| Great Tales of Action and Adventure | 1958 | Buy on Amazon |
| Galaxy Science Fiction, September 1958 | 1958 | Buy on Amazon |
| 50 Short Science Fiction Tales | 1963 | Buy on Amazon |
| Novelets of Science Fiction | 1963 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Bedside Playboy | 1963 | Buy on Amazon |
| Worlds to Come: New Science Fiction Adventures | 1967 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tales of Time and Space | 1969 | Buy on Amazon |
| Futures Unlimited | 1969 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Futurists | 1972 | Buy on Amazon |
| Alpha 3 | 1972 | Buy on Amazon |
| Galaxy Science Fiction - October 1973 | 1973 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow... | 1974 | Buy on Amazon |
| Other Dimensions | 1974 | Buy on Amazon |
| Aliens: 3 Novellas | 1977 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Best of British SF 2 | 1977 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Best of British SF 1 | 1977 | Buy on Amazon |
| They Came from Outer Space: 12 Classic Science Fiction Tales That Became Major Motion Pictures | 1979 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels | 1980 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction / Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century | 1980 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Three: Nebula Winners 1965-1969 | 1981 | Buy on Amazon |
| Science Fiction A to Z | 1982 | Buy on Amazon |
| Space Odyssey | 1983 | Buy on Amazon |
| Fourth Planet from the Sun | 1984 | Buy on Amazon |
| Great Science Fiction Stories by the World's Greatest Scientists | 1985 | Buy on Amazon |
| Battlefields Beyond Tomorrow | 1987 | Buy on Amazon |
| Science Fiction Stories | 1988 | Buy on Amazon |
| Drabble II: Double Century | 1990 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection | 1993 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Ultimate Alien | 1995 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Young Oxford Book of Aliens | 1999 | Buy on Amazon |
| Bangs & Whimpers | 1999 | Buy on Amazon |
| Explorers | 2000 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Hard SF Renaissance | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Colours of Infinity: The Beauty, The Power and the Sense of Fractals | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| The World Turned Upside Down | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Galileo's Children | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| From the Pen of Paul: The Fantastic Images of Frank R. Paul | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| The End of the World: Stories of the Apocalypse | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Bug-Eyed Monsters & Bimbos | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Sixth Science Fiction Megapack | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| In Space No One Can Hear You Scream | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Ninth Science Fiction Megapack | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Baen Big Book of Monsters | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Grave Predictions | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Infinite Stars | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
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