Collected Stories [Hardcover]

Arther C Clarke (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 4, 2001

All of Arthur C. Clarke's short stories collected in one volume, beginning with 'Rescue Party', Clarke's first ever published short story. A volume which showcases his range and variety, each story a classic example of the unique mixture of speculation and fiction which has made Clarke a household name. This edition is being published in October, in plenty of time for 2001, the year which is synonymous with Clarke's visions of the future.

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About the Author

Arthur C. Clarke was born in 1917. He has been writing science fiction since the late 40's. His seventieth birthday, in December 1987, was marked by the unveiling of a plaque at his birthplace in Somerset; he was knighted in 1998 for his services to literature, shortly after his eightieth birthday, the first science fiction writer to be thus honoured.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 976 pages
• Publisher: Victor Gollancz Sf (January 4, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 057507065X
• ISBN-13: 978-0575070653
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.5 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,885,569 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"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.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The single best collection of SF short stories in existence, June 20, 2007

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This review is from: The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (Hardcover)

These are stories by Arthur C. Clarke mainly written during the "Golden Age of SF" during the 1940s through 1960s era. There are many in here which are simply classics, to which the discerning reader will return many times. Most of these stories are friends of my youth, and I spent many hours entertaining myself reading these stories, in a time when there were no computers, internet, and only three television channels (and only one TV in the house!)

The list of five-star classics in this rather large piece is too long to list here in its entirety. To name just a few, "Superiority," "Rescue Party," "The Parasite," The Songs of Distant Earth" (later made into a fine novel), "Dog Star" (have some tissue handy for this one!), and many others.

Clarke at his best probably mastered the short-story format better than most, or perhaps any, of the other giants of SF's Golden Age. The best of these stories have a wistful, poetic thread about them, coupled with Clarke's unbounding imagination and often startling speculations about technology and Mankind's future.

You don't want to miss this one. It belongs in every SF aficionado's library.