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Arthur C. Clarke has been a household name since 1968, when the film 2001: A Spacee Odyssey rocketed him to popular fame. But science fiction fans had already long appreciated Clarke's ability to stretch readers' imaginations as well as forecast real scientific developments in his futuristic tales. This authorized biography explores Clarke's personal vision and his career as one of the twentieth century's most popular and influential writers. Clarke is the author of more than sixty books, which have sold more than fifty million copies in thirty languages. He has received numerous awards for both his nonfiction science writing and his science fiction, including the Kalinga Prize, the Bradford Washburn Award, and the Hugo, Nebula, and John W. Campbell awards - science fiction's three highest tributes.In 1968 he shared an Oscar nomination with Stanley Kubrick for the screenplay of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Honors for his invention of the communication satellite in 1945 include a Fellowship at King's College, London, and the 1982 Marconi International Fellowship, and in 1989 Clarke received the CBE (Commander of the British Empire) honor from Queen Elizabeth. Through candid interviews with Clarke himself, as well as with his friends, colleagues, and family members, Neil McAleer reveals the life experiences and creative forces that have shaped the man behind the legend. The result is a fascinating portrait sure to enlighten and enhance the reading pleasure of Arthur C. Clarke's countless followers.… (més)
Well written and quite thorough biography that describes the visible Clarke. He was from a conventional world but chose to live a rather unconventional life in Sri Lanka. How unconventional he was is for another book. It is likely that the more complete picture will be some form of biopic rather than a book. His film legacy, film treatment of his books and documentaries, is large and likely available to anyone wanting to bring this very interesting man to life. Enjoyed his books and likely will reread them to recapture he universe as he envisioned it. ( )
A conventional biography of an unconventional man, Arthur C. Clarke, who is a member of my "Big Three" of favorite science fiction writers (the other two being Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury). Well-written, organized, and a useful tool for anybody who has followed Clarke's career and would like to know just "where does he get his ideas?" ( )
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‘From the great deep to the great deep he goes.’ ‘Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and witting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die.’
Tennyson
From the great deep to the great deep he goes. Alfred Lord Tennyson
Too low they build, who build beneath the stars. Edward Young
Yet somewhere under starlight or the sun My father stands. W. B. Yeats
Dedicatòria
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To Fred for his faith, encouragement, and friendship.
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Foreword [by Ray Bradbury]:
Mention the name of Arthur C. Clarke and what comes instinctively to mind?
Preface:
This is the first biography of Arthur C. Clarke — one of the great visionaries of the twentieth century and a man who has every expectation of celebrating the arrival of the new millennium and the twenty-first century on 1 January 2001.
Text:
The stars were bright over Somerset in 1917.
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Foreword:
I am honoured to have been asked to join in this tribute to one of my most valued and long-standing friends.
Thinking of those four to five million words that probably will remain locked up until some time beyond 2050, let me now wish good luck to all the future biographers of Arthur C. Clarke.
Arthur C. Clarke has been a household name since 1968, when the film 2001: A Spacee Odyssey rocketed him to popular fame. But science fiction fans had already long appreciated Clarke's ability to stretch readers' imaginations as well as forecast real scientific developments in his futuristic tales. This authorized biography explores Clarke's personal vision and his career as one of the twentieth century's most popular and influential writers. Clarke is the author of more than sixty books, which have sold more than fifty million copies in thirty languages. He has received numerous awards for both his nonfiction science writing and his science fiction, including the Kalinga Prize, the Bradford Washburn Award, and the Hugo, Nebula, and John W. Campbell awards - science fiction's three highest tributes.In 1968 he shared an Oscar nomination with Stanley Kubrick for the screenplay of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Honors for his invention of the communication satellite in 1945 include a Fellowship at King's College, London, and the 1982 Marconi International Fellowship, and in 1989 Clarke received the CBE (Commander of the British Empire) honor from Queen Elizabeth. Through candid interviews with Clarke himself, as well as with his friends, colleagues, and family members, Neil McAleer reveals the life experiences and creative forces that have shaped the man behind the legend. The result is a fascinating portrait sure to enlighten and enhance the reading pleasure of Arthur C. Clarke's countless followers.
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