Arthur C. Clarke's classic in which he ponders humanity's future and possible evolution. Now a major TV series from SKY!
The colossus of science fiction. - New York Times.
There has been nothing like it. - C.S Lewis.
A novel about transcendence...generally recognised as Clarke's first major work...the story still moves me. - Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels.
The very personification of SF...he...always writes with lucidity and candour, often with grace, sometimes with a cold, sharp evocativeness that has produced some of the most memorable images in SF. - The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
Arthur C. Clarke was born in Minehead in 1917. During the Second World War he served as an RAF radar instructor, rising to the rank of Flight-Lieutenant. After the war he won a BSc in physics and mathematics with first class honours from King's College, London. One of the most respected of all science-fiction writers, he also won the KALINGA PRIZE, the AVIATION SPACE-WRITERS PRIZE,and the WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE WRITING PRIZE. He also shared an OSCAR nomination with Stanley Kubrick for the screenplay of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, which was based on his story, 'The Sentinel'. He lived in Sri Lanka from 1956 until his death in 2008.
Arthur C. Clarke was een Britse sciencefiction schrijver, uitvinder en futuroloog die wordt beschouwd als een van de grootste sciencefiction auteurs van de 20e eeuw. Clarke schreef meer dan 100 boeken en artikelen, waaronder enkele van de meest invloedr...
