However, much later in the book, we discover that there is a kind of hope for the human race. Buy the collected stories vol 1 unabridged audiobook unabridged audiobook 9 cds by arthur c. Clarke correctly anticipates the arrival of birth control pills, dna testing, virtual reality and a whole host of other things which have since come to pass. The light of other days audible audiobook unabridged. Sir arthur charles clarke cbe fras was a british science fiction writer, science writer and futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host. There are a number of small points in the book that will date the writing to around 1950, but the theme, powerful ideas, and superb writing make this a worthy read in the twentyfirst. Clarke s mysterious world is a thirteenpart british television series looking at unexplained phenomena from around the world. He is an international treasure in many other ways. Arthur c clarkes stories are injections for your imagination. Clarkeboth fiction and nonfictionhave more than one hundred million copies in print worldwide. A very clever and ultimately quite disturbing book. An article written by him in 1945 led to the invention of satellite technology.
His fiction and nonfiction have sold more than one hundred million copies worldwide. Clarke is considered to be the greatest science fiction writer of all time. Listen to rendezvous with rama audiobook by arthur c. He was knighted by the british monarchy and is the only science fiction writer to be nominated for the nobel peace prize. Clarke, stephen baxter, dick hill, brilliance audio. It was produced by yorkshire television for the itv network. Clarke 19172008 wrote the novel and coauthored the screenplay for 2001. The last major criticism was clarkes incorporation of paranormal.
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