twista 0 Report post Posted December 19, 2005 (edited) I was studying and found this man, i found him very interesting, so now I would like all of you that like this man talk about him too, of course you newbie is able to study a bit of him, I'll post his Biography here: "Arthur C. Clarke : BiographyArthur Charles Clarke was born in Somerset, England on December 16, 1917. Interested in science from childhood, Clarke mapped the Moon with the aid of a telescope of his own construction. When growing up, he lacked the financial resources to go to college and worked as a government auditor. He also joined a small, advanced group that called itself the British Interplanetary Society. In 1941, Clarke enlisted in the Royal Air Force and became a radar instructor. While he was in the service, he published his first science fiction stories and wrote an article called "Extra-Terrestrial Relays" for the magazine Wireless World. In this article, he predicted in detail how man-made satelittes could be placed in orbits of the Earth that would allow them to be used to broadcast radio and television signals around the world. Although his idea was met with much skepticism by the scientific community, twenty years later the Early Bird synchronous satellite was launched, bringing his fantastic idea into the realm of reality. Clarke continued to write, becoming a distinguished science fiction author with dozens of collections of short stories and novels that described in detail the possibilities of human exploration of space. He also wrote a large number of scientific essays, many of which have been published in collections. In the 1950s, Clarke developed an interest in undersea exploration and moved to Sri Lanka, where he began a second career in undersea photography. As a consequence, he undertook a number of books on this topic. In the 1960s, Clarke collaborated with movie director Stanley Kubrick to produce the highly-acclaimed film 2001: A Space Odyssey, which was based on Clarke's short story "The Sentinel." A sequel film, 2010: The Year We Make Contact was produced in 1984 based on Clarke's novel 2010: Odyssey Two. Clarke's most famous works are the four novels in the "Space Odyssey" series and the four novels in the "Rama" series, the last three of which were cowritten with former NASA scientist Gentry Lee. Clarke has pledged to be alive in the year 2001 to "see what really happens." Folowing you can se all novels he wrote, I've been reading a couple and love 'em!Arthur C. Clarke : BibliographyNovelsThose with stars are in my posession 1952 The Sands of Mars 1952 Islands in the Sky 1953 Childhood's End 1953 Against the Fall of Night***** 1954 Prelude to Space 1955 Earthlight 1956 The City and the Stars***** 1957 The Deep Range 1961 A Fall of Moondust 1963 Dolphin Island 1963 Glide Path 1968 2001: A Space Odyssey***** 1973 Rendezvous with Rama 1975 Imperial Earth 1979 The Fountains of Paradise 1982 2010: Odyssey Two 1986 The Songs of Distant Earth***** 1987 2061: Odyssey Three 1988 Cradle (with Gentry Lee) 1989 Rama II (with Gentry Lee) 1990 Beyond the Fall of Night (with Gregory Benford) 1990 The Ghost from the Grand Banks 1991 The Garden of Rama (with Gentry Lee) 1993 The Hammer of God 1993 Rama Revealed (with Gentry Lee) 1996 Richter 10 (with Mike McQuay) 1997 3001: The Final Odyssey 1999 The Trigger (with Michael Kube-McDowell) 2000 The Light of Other Days (with Stephen Baxter)***** Short StoriesAll the Time in the World (1952) Ape About the House, An (1962) Armaments Race (1954) Awakening, The (1942) Before Eden (May, 1960) (1961) Big Game Hunt (1954) Breaking Strain (aka Thirty Seconds - Thirty Days) (Summer, 1948) (1949) Castaway (1947) Cold War Cosmic Casanova Critical Mass (1957) Cruel Sky, The (November, 1966) Crusade (October, 1966) Curse, The (May, 1946) (1953) Death and the Senator (July, 1960) (1961) Deep Range, The (1954) (1958) Defenestration of Ermintrude Inch, The Dial F for Frankenstein (June, 1963) (1965) Dog Star (aka Moondog) (April, 1961) (1962) Encounter in the Dawn (aka Encounter at Dawn) (November, 1950) (1953) Expedition to Earth (aka History Lesson) (1949) Fires Within, The (1949) Food of the Gods, The (May, 1961) Forgotten Enemy, The (1953) Guardian Angel (July, 1946) (1950) Hate (aka At the End of the Orbit) (March, 1960) (1961) Herbert George Morley Roberts Wells, Esq. (April, 1967) Hide-and-Seek (August, 1948) (1949) I Remember Babylon (October, 1959) (1960) "If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth..." (December, 1951) (1953) Inheritance Into the Comet (aka Inside the Comet) (1960) Jupiter Five (aka Jupiter V) (June, 1951) (1953) Last Command, The (June, 1963) Let There Be Light (1957) Light of Darkness, The (February, 1964) Lion of Comarre, The (June, 1945) (1949) Longest Science-Fiction Story Ever Told, The (April, 1965) (1965) Loophole (1946) Love That Universe (October, 1966) Maelstrom II (May 1962) (1965) Man Who Ploughed the Sea, The (1954) (1957) Meeting with Medusa, A (January, 1971) (1971) Moving Spirit Nemesis (aka Exile of the Eons) Neutron Tide (January, 1970) (1970) Next Tenants, The (1954) (1956) Nine Billion Names of God, The (May, 1952) (1953) No Morning After (August, 1953) (1954) On Golden Seas (1986) (1987) Other Side of the Sky, The(January, 1957) (1957) Other Tiger, The (January, 1951) (1953) Out of the Cradle, Endlessly Orbiting... (aka Out of the Cradle) (1959) Out of the Sun (April, 1957) (1958) Pacifist, The (1956) Parasite, The (1953) Patent Pending (January, 1953) (1954) Playback (December, 1963) Possessed, The (June, 1951) (1952) Publicity Campaign (March, 1953) (1953) Refugee (aka "?") (aka Royal Prerogative) (aka This Earth of Majesty) (1954) (1955) Reluctant Orchid, The (April, 1954) (1956) Rescue Party (March, 1945) (1946) Retreat from Earth (March, 1938) (1938) Reunion (November, 1963) (1971) Road to the Sea, The (aka Seeker of the Sphinx) (1950) Saturn Rising (1960) (1961) Second Dawn (1951) Secret, The (June, 1963) Security Check (1957) Sentinel, The (December, 1948) (1951) Shining Ones, The (December, 1962) (1964) Silence Please (1954) Sleeping Beauty (1957) Slight Case of Sunstroke, A (aka The Stroke of the Sun) (1958) Songs of Distant Earth, The (February, 1957) (1979) Star, The (October, 1954) (1955) Summertime on Icarus (aka The Hottest Piece of Real Estate in the Solar System) (April, 1960) (1960) Superiority (August, 1948) (1951) Technical Error (aka The Reversed Man) (1950) Time's Arrow (1952) Transience (March, 1947) (1949) Transit of Earth (February, 1970) (1971) Travel By Wire (1937) Trouble with the Natives (1951) Trouble with Time (aka Crime on Mars) (September, 1979) (1960) Ultimate Melody, The (1956) Venture to the Moon (1956, 1957) Walk in the Dark, A (April, 1945) (1950) Wall of Darkness, The (August, 1946) (1949) Whacky (1942) What Goes Up (1955) Who's There? (aka The Haunted Spacesuit) (February, 1958) (1958) Wind from the Sun, The (aka Sunjammer) (May, 1963) (1964) Collections1953 Expedition to Earth Second Dawn "If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth..." Breaking Strain Expedition to Earth Superiority Nemesis Hide-and-Seek Encounter in the Dawn Loophole Inheritance The Sentinel 1956 Reach for Tomorrow Rescue Party A Walk in the Dark The Forgotten Enemy Technical Error The Parasite The Fires Within The Awakening Trouble with the Natives The Curse Time's Arrow Jupiter Five The Possessed 1957 Tales from the "White Hart" Silence Please Big Game Hunt Patent Pending Armaments Race Critical Mass The Ultimate Melody The Pacifist The Next Tenants Moving Spirit The Man Who Ploughed the Sea The Reluctant Orchid Cold War What Goes Up Sleeping Beauty The Defenestration of Ermintrude Inch 1958 The Other Side of the Sky Later editions have a Bibliographical Note written by ACC. No date is given but the note references the film "2001: A Space Odyssey." The Nine Billion Names of God Refugee The Other Side of the Sky The Wall of Darkness Security Check No Morning After Venture to the Moon Publicity Campaign All the Time in the World Cosmic Casanova The Star Out of the Sun Transience The Songs of Distant Earth 1959 Across the Sea of Stars (omnibus) Childhood's End (novel) Earthlight (novel) "If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth..." Armaments Race Breaking Strain Encounter at Dawn The Fires Within Hide-and-Seek History Lesson Inheritance Jupiter Five The Next Tenants The Pacifist The Reluctant Orchid Rescue Party The Sentinel Silence Please Superiority Technical Error Time's Arrow 1962 From the Ocean, From the Stars (omnibus) The Deep Range (novel) The City and the Stars (novel) All the Time in the World Cosmic Casanova Venture to the Moon The Nine Billion Names of God No Morning After The Other Side of the Sky Out of the Sun Publicity Campaign Refugee Security Check The Songs of Distant Earth The Star Transience The Wall of Darkness 1962 Tales of Ten Worlds I Remember Babylon Summertime on Icarus Out of the Cradle, Endlessly Orbiting... Who's There? Hate Into the Comet An Ape About the House Saturn Rising Let There Be Light Death and the Senator Trouble with Time Before Eden A Slight Case of Sunstroke Dog Star The Road to the Sea 1965 An Arthur C. Clarke Omnibus Childhood's End (novel) Prelude to Space (novel) "If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth..." Breaking Strain Hide-and-Seek History Lesson Inheritance Loophole Nemesis Second Dawn Superiority 1965 Prelude to Mars (omnibus) Prelude to Space (novel) The Sands of Mars (novel) The Awakening Big Game Hunt Cold War Critical Mass The Curse The Forgotten Enemy The Man Who Ploughed the Sea Moving Spirit Nemesis The Parasite The Possessed Second Dawn Trouble with the Natives The Ultimate Melody A Walk in the Dark What Goes Up 1967 The Nine Billion Names of God In addition to an Introduction written in August, 1966, Arthur C. Clarke also wrote short notes prior to some of the stories in this collection. The Nine Billion Names of God I Remeber Babylon Trouble with Time Rescue Party The Curse Summertime on Icarus Dog Star Hide and Seek Out of the Sun The Wall of Darkness No Morning After The Possessed Death and the Senator Who's There Before Eden Superiority A Walk in the Dark The Call of the Stars The Reluctant Orchid Encounter at Dawn "If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth..." Patent Pending The Sentinel Transience The Star 1968 A Second Arthur C. Clarke Omnibus A Fall of Moondust (novel) Earthlight (novel) The Sands of Mars (novel) 1968 The Lion of Comarre & Against the Fall of Night The Lion of Comarre Against the Fall of Night (novel) 1972 The Wind from the Sun The Food of the Gods Maelstrom II The Shining Ones The Wind from the Sun The Secret The Last Command Dial F for Frankenstein Reunion Playback The Light of Darkness The Longest Science-Fiction Story Ever Told Herbert George Morley Roberts Wells, Esq. Love That Universe Crusade The Cruel Sky Neutron Tide Transit of Earth A Meeting with Medusa 1972 The Lost Worlds of 2001 Son of Dr. Strangelove (essay) The Sentinel Christmas, Shepperton (essay) Monoliths and Manuscripts (essay) The Dawn of Man (essay) 2001: A Space Odyssey (original version) View from the Year 2000 - First Encounter - Moon-Watcher - Gift From the Stars - Farewell to Earth - The Birth of Hal - Man and Robot - From the Ocean, From the Stars - With Open Hands - Universe - Ancestral Voices - The Question - Midnight, Washington - Mission to Jupiter - Flight Pay - Discovery - The Long Sleep - Runaway - First Man to Jupiter - The Smell of Death - Alone - Joveday - Jupiter V - Final Orbit - The Impossible Stars - Something Is Seriously Wrong with Space - Ball Game - Last Message - The Worlds of the Star Gate (essay) Three Alternate Endings Reunion Abyss - Cosmopolis - Scruntiny - Skyrock Oceana - Into the Night Land - Second Lesson Epilogue (essay) 1972 Of Time and Stars: The Worlds of Arthur C. Clarke "If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth..." An Ape About the House Encounter at Dawn Feathered Friend The Fires Within The Forgotten Enemy Green Fingers Hide-and-Seek Into the Comet The Nine Billion Names of God No Morning After The Reluctant Orchid Robin Hood, F.R.S. Security Check The Sentinel Trouble with the Natives Who's There? 1973 The Best of Arthur C. Clarke: 1937-1971 Travel By Wire Retreat from Earth The Awakening Whacky Castaway History Lesson Hide-and-Seek Second Dawn The Sentinel The Star Refugee Venture to the Moon Into the Comet Summertime on Icarus Death and the Senator Hate Sunjammer A Meeting with Medusa 1977 The Best of Arthur C. Clarke Volume 1 (1932-1955) 1977 The Best of Arthur C. Clarke Volume 2 (1956-1972) 1978 Possessed and Other Stories 1983 The Sentinel In addition to an Introduction written in December, 1982, Arthur C. Clarke also wrote short notes prior to each of the stories in this collection. Introduction: Of Sand and Stars Rescue Party Guardian Angel Breaking Strain The Sentinel Jupiter V Refugee The Wind from the Sun A Meeting with Medusa The Songs of Distant Earth 1990 Tales from Planet Earth In addition to a portion of the Preface, Arthur C. Clarke also wrote short Introductions prior to each of the stories in this collection (and some had Afterwords as well). The Road to the Sea Hate Publicity Campaign The Other Tiger The Deep Range "If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth..." The Cruel Sky The Parasite The Next Tenants Saturn Rising The Man Who Ploughed the Sea The Wall of Darkness The Lion of Comarre On Golden Seas Anthologies1956 Best SF Two The Nine Billion Names of God 1963 Best SF 5 The Star 1970 The Making of Kubrick's 2001; Jerome Agel The Sentinel 1978 Aliens: 3 Novellas A Meeting with Medusa 1988 A Meeting With Medusa/Green Mars A Meeting with Medusa 1995 Between Time and Terror A Walk in the Dark 1995 Dinosaurs: Stories by Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov & Many Others Time's Arrow 1995 The Ultimate Alien Before Eden 1996 More of the Best of Science Fiction and Fantasy ??? 1997 Tales in Time ??? 1999 The Antarktos Cycle: Horror and Wonder at the Ends of the Earth ??? Non-Fiction1950 Interplanetary Flight 1951 The Exploration of Space 1954 The Exploration of the Moon (w/ R. A. Smith) 1954 Going Into Space (juvenile literature) 1954 The Young Traveller in Space (juvenile literature) 1956 The Coast of Coral (photos by Mike Wilson and Arthur C. Clarke) 1957 The Reefs of Taprobane (photos by Mike Wilson) 1958 The Making of a Moon 1958 Voice Across the Sea 1958 Boy Beneathe the Sea (w/ Mike Wilson) 1960 The Challenge of the Spaceship 1960 The Challenge of the Sea 1960 The First Five Fathoms (w/ Mike Wilson) 1961 Indian Ocean Adventure (w/ Mike Wilson) 1962 Profiles of the Future Some essays in this book were originally printed as magazine articles. 1964 Indian Ocean Treasure (w/ Mike Wilson) 1964 Man and Space (w/ the Editors of Life) 1965 Voices from the Sky Some essays in this book were originally printed as magazine articles. 1968 The Promise of Space 1971 Into Space: A Young Person's Guide to Space (w/ Robert Silverberg) 1972 Report on Planet Three and Other Speculations Some essays in this book were originally printed as magazine articles. 1972 Beyond Jupiter: The Worlds of Tomorrow (paintings by Chesley Bonestell) 1974 The Treasure of the Great Reef (w/ Mike Wilson) 1977 The View from Serendip Some essays in this book were originally printed as magazine articles. 1984 1984: Spring/A Choice of Futures Some essays in this book were originally printed as magazine articles. 1984 Ascent to Orbit: A Scientific Autobiography 1985 The Odyssey File (w/ Peter Hyams) 1989 July 20, 2019: Life in the 21st Century 1990 Astounding Days: A Science Fictional Autobiography 1992 How the World Was One: Beyond the Global Village (aka How the World Was One: Towards the Tele-Family of Man) 1993 By Space Possessed 1994 The Snows of Olympus: A Garden on Mars 1995 2001: Filming the Future (w/ Piers Bizony) 1998 Arthur C. Clarke & Lord Dunsany: A Correspondence (w/ Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany) 1999 Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds! - Collected Essays 1934-1998 2000 Sri Lanka, the Emerald Isle Misc. Contributions1959 A Journey to the Center of the Earth; Jules Verne Wrote Introduction 1962 From the Earth to the Moon; Jules Verne Wrote Introduction 1966 Time Probe: The Sciences in Science Fiction Wrote Introduction, collected stories. 1967 The Coming of the Space Age Famous accounts of man's probing of the universe; selected and edited by Arthur C. Clarke. 1968 The Beginnings of Satellite Communication Wrote Preface 1969 Three for Tomorrow Wrote Foreward 1970 The Panic Broadcast; Howard Koch Introductory interview with Arthur C. Clarke 1970 First on the Moon; ??? Wrote Epilogue 1972 The Challenge of the Stars (aka The New Challenge of the Stars) Wrote Foreward 1974 The World in Focus; William MacQuitty Wrote Foreward 1976 The Complete Venus Equilateral; George O. Smith Wrote Introduction 1977 The Telephone's First Century--and Beyond: Essays on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of Telephone Communication ??? 1979 The World in Color Photography Wrote Foreward 1980 Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World; Simon Welfare and John Fairly Wrote chapter introductions 1981 The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Space Technology Wrote Foreward 1984 Arthur C. Clarke's World of Strange Powers; John Fairly and Simon Welfare Wrote chapter introductions 1985 Sightseeing: A Space Panorama; Barbara Hitchcock Wrote Foreward 1987 Arthur C. Clarke's Chronicles of the Strange and Mysterious; John Fairly and Simon Welfare Wrote chapter introductions 1987 Arthur C. Clarke's Venus Prime Vol. 1: Breaking Strain; Paul Preuss Wrote Afterword; novel is based on ACC's short story "Breaking Strain" 1988 Arthur C. Clarke's Venus Prime Vol. 2: Maelstrom; Paul Preuss ??? 1989 Visions of Space Wrote Foreward 1991 Blueprint for Space: Science Fiction to Science Fact Wrote Epilogue 1991 Sri Lanka; Tom Tidball Wrote Foreward 1991 Space Commerce; John L. McLucas Wrote Foreward 1992 The Profession of Science Fiction Wrote Foreward 1992 Technology 2001: The Future of Computing and Communications; Derek Leebaert (editor) Wrote Foreward 1993 The Dream Machines: An Illustrated History of the Spaceship in Art, Science and Literature; Ron Miller and Rick Dunning Wrote Foreward 1993 Unearthing Atlantis: An Archaeological Odyssey; Charles R. Pellegrino Wrote Foreward 1993 The War of the Worlds; H.G. Wells Editor 1993 First Men in the Moon; H.G. Wells Editor 1994 Gene Roddenberry: The Last Coversation; Yvonne Fern Wrote Foreward 1994 The Millenial Project: Colonizing the Galaxy in Eight Easy Steps; Marshall T. Savage Wrote Introduction 1994 The Ultimate Egoist; Theodore Sturgeon Wrote Foreward 1995 Aliya: Stories of the Elephants of Sri Lanka Wrote Foreward 1995 An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural (aka The Supernatural A-Z: The Truth and the Lies); James Randi Wrote Introduction 1995 Rogue Asteroids and Doomsday Comets:The Search for the Million Megaton Menace That Threatens Life on Earth; Duncan Steel Wrote Foreward 1996 The Dechronization of Sam Magruder; George Gaylord Simpson Wrote Introduction 1996 Encounter with Tiber; Buzz Aldrin, John Barnes Wrote Foreward 1997 The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must; Robert Zubrin, Richard Wagner Wrote Foreward 1997 The Roving Mind Wrote Essay 1997 Hal's Legacy : 2001's Computer As Dream and Reality; David G. Stork Wrote Essay? 1998 Intelligent Software Agents; Richard Murch, Tony Johnson Wrote Foreward" Notice from serverph: use quote tags when copying texts from other sites. http://helpdesk.ugent.be/webhosting/rugac.phpplease review Xisto forum rules & TOS. credits adjusted. warning served. Edited December 19, 2005 by serverph (see edit history) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
serverph 0 Report post Posted December 19, 2005 moving from "introductions"... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Janissary 0 Report post Posted March 4, 2006 I have read: City and the Stars (My fav. not-a-serie book of all times) Imperial Earth Songs of Distant Earth Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ongnoai 0 Report post Posted March 9, 2006 Say twista, you got a greaaaaat topic there! I think that guy Arthur C. Clarke is one of the greatest sci-fi author ever, aside from being a top-notch scientist.I've read to my recollections :Tales from the White HeartChildhood's EndEarthlight The Nine Billion Names of GodThe Songs of Distant EarthThe Defenestration of Ermintrude Inch... and I've seen 2001, A Space Odyssey, of courseThanks for bringing up the topic.Cheers all, chums Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
