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The annual Arthur C. Clarke Award is given for the best science fiction novel first published in the United Kingdom during the previous year.The award judges are a voluntary body with members nominated by the award's supporting organisations, currently the British Science Fiction Association, the Science Fiction Foundation and the Sci-Fi-London ...
Clarke (2005) Arthur Charles Clarke ( 16. joulukuuta 1917 Minehead, Somerset – 19. maaliskuuta 2008 Colombo, Sri Lanka) oli brittiläissyntyinen kirjailija, keksijä ja tieteen yleistajuistaja. Hän on 1900-luvun tieteiskirjallisuuden tunnetuimpia nimiä. Hänet on nimetty yhdeksi tieteiskirjallisuuden Grand Mastereista.
Reach for Tomorrow (1956) Venture to the Moon (1956; six individual connected short stories) Tales from the White Hart (1957) The Other Side of the Sky (1957/8 [7]) Tales of Ten Worlds (1962) The Nine Billion Names of God (1967) Of Time and Stars (1972) The Wind from the Sun (1972) The Best of Arthur C. Clarke 1937 - 1971 (1973)
Science writer Nalaka Gunawardene, who worked with Clarke for 21 years (1987-2008) as an assistant, recalls: Sir Arthur’s credo as a writer was to educate, entertain and inspire. His success was due to his remarkable ability to balance these elements in the right proportions. He sought the economy of words and avoided jargon and bureaucratic ...
Arthur C. Clarke. Writer: 2001: A Space Odyssey. Arthur C. Clarke was born in the seaside town of Minehead, Somerset, England in December 16, 1917. In 1936 he moved to London, where he joined the British Interplanetary Society. There he started to experiment with astronautic material in the BIS, write the BIS Bulletin and science fiction. During World War II, as a RAF officer, he was in charge ...
Jun 21, 2019 · Arthur C Clarke was never one to hide his light under a bushel. He referred to his office as his ‘ego chamber’ and bought an English manor house to accommodate his archives, aka the ...
Sep 1, 2000 · Arthur C. Clarke. SIR ARTHUR C. CLARKE (1917-2008) wrote the novel and co-authored the screenplay for 2001: A Space Odyssey. He has been knighted by Queen Elizabeth II, and he is the only science-fiction writer to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. His fiction and nonfiction have sold more than one hundred million copies in print worldwide.
