Arthur C. Clarke

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Arthur C. Clarke

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born
December 16, 1917 in Minehead, western England, The United Kingdom

died
March 18, 2008

gender
male

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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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Average rating: 3.78 · 191,461 ratings · 6,305 reviews · 186 distinct works
2001: A Space Odyssey (Spac...
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 38,255 ratings — published 1968 — 120 editions
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Rendezvous With Rama
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 22,521 ratings — published 1972 — 71 editions
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Childhood's End
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 19,923 ratings — published 1954 — 74 editions
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2010: Odyssey Two
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 10,895 ratings — published 1982 — 48 editions
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2061: Odyssey Three (Space ...
3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 6,138 ratings — published 1987 — 29 editions
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Rama II (Rama, #2)
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3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 5,314 ratings — published 1989 — 27 editions
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The Fountains of Paradise
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 4,483 ratings — published 1979 — 34 editions
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3001: The Final Odyssey (Sp...
3.34 of 5 stars 3.34 avg rating — 5,059 ratings — published 1997 — 32 editions
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The Garden of Rama (Rama, #3)
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3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 4,585 ratings — published 1991 — 21 editions
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The City and the Stars
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 3,494 ratings — published 1953 — 43 editions
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More books by Arthur C. Clarke…
2001: A Space Odyssey 2010: Odyssey Two 2061: Odyssey Three 3001: The Final Odyssey
Space Odyssey (4 books)
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3.795524716974868 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 60,242 ratings
Rendezvous With Rama Rama II The Garden of Rama Rama Revealed
Rama (4 books)
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3.7878694235307337 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 35,596 ratings
Time's Eye Sunstorm Firstborn
A Time Odyssey (3 books)
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3.615987460815047 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 3,190 ratings
“The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.”
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

“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

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MAY SCIENCE FICTION: This poll decides which two novels move on the run-off poll for our May SF Book of the Month

 
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