Arthur C. Clarke
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born
December 16, 1917
died
March 18, 2008
gender
male
place of birth
Minehead, western England, The United Kingdom
genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy
influences
H. G. Wells
about this author
Clarke won the Nebula Award of the Science Fiction Writers of America in 1972, 1974 and 1979; the Hugo Award of the World Science Fiction Convention in 1974 and 1980, and in 1986 became Grand Master of the Science Fiction Writers of America. He was awarded the CBE in 1989.
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2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke avg rating 3.94 — 6,404 ratings — published 1968 80 editions |
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Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke avg rating 3.96 — 3,730 ratings — published 1953 40 editions |
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Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke avg rating 3.90 — 3,344 ratings — published 1973 52 editions |
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2010: Odyssey Two by Arthur C. Clarke avg rating 3.60 — 2,698 ratings — published 1982 30 editions |
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2061 by Arthur C. Clarke avg rating 3.27 — 1,737 ratings — published 1987 20 editions |
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Rama II by Arthur C. Clarke, Gentry Lee avg rating 3.48 — 1,462 ratings — published 1989 17 editions |
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3001 The Final Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke avg rating 3.29 — 1,498 ratings — published 1997 27 editions |
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The Garden of Rama by Arthur C. Clarke, Gentry Lee avg rating 3.42 — 1,216 ratings — published 1991 15 editions |
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Rama Revealed (Rama 4) by Arthur C. Clarke, Gentry Lee avg rating 3.48 — 954 ratings — published 1994 13 editions |
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The Songs of Distant Earth by Arthur C. Clarke avg rating 3.75 — 746 ratings — published 1958 19 editions |
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"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
— Arthur C. Clarke (Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry into the Limits of the Possible)
— Arthur C. Clarke (Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry into the Limits of the Possible)
tags:
science,
technology
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"My favourite definition of an intellectual: 'Someone who has been educated beyond his/her intelligence.'"
— Arthur C. Clarke
— Arthur C. Clarke
"It may be that our role on this planet
is not to worship God--but to create him."
— Arthur C. Clarke
is not to worship God--but to create him."
— Arthur C. Clarke
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