Arthur C. Clarke
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born
December 16, 1917
in Minehead, western England, The United Kingdom
died
March 18, 2008
gender
male
genre
influences
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2001: A Space Odyssey   3.94 avg rating — 28,428 ratings
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1968
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Rendezvous With Rama 3.92 avg rating — 16,920 ratings
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1973
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Childhood's End 3.97 avg rating — 15,227 ratings
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1953
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2010: Odyssey Two 3.67 avg rating — 8,703 ratings
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1982
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2061: Odyssey Three 3.32 avg rating — 5,237 ratings
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1987
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Rama II (Rama, #2) by Arthur C. Clarke, Gentry Lee 3.52 avg rating — 4,506 ratings
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1989
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3001: The Final Odyssey 3.34 avg rating — 4,317 ratings
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1997
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The Garden of Rama (Rama, #3) by Arthur C. Clarke, Gentry Lee 3.51 avg rating — 3,617 ratings
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1991
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The Fountains of Paradise 3.80 avg rating — 3,088 ratings
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1979
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The City and the Stars 3.98 avg rating — 2,555 ratings
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1956
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“The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.”
― Arthur C. Clarke
― Arthur C. Clarke
“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
“One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all.”
― Arthur C. Clarke
― Arthur C. Clarke
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