Arthur C. Clarke

Born

in Minehead, Somerset, England, The United Kingdom

December 16, 1917

Died

March 18, 2008

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science

Influences

H.G. Wells, Olaf Stapledon, Sophie Germain ...more

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Arthur Charles Clarke was one of the most important and influential figures in 20th century science fiction. He spent the first half of his life in England, where he served in World War Two as a radar operator, before emigrating to Ceylon in 1956. He is best known for the novel and movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, which he co-created with the assistance of Stanley Kubrick.

Clarke was a graduate of King's College, London where he obtained First Class Honours in Physics and Mathematics. He is past Chairman of the British Interplanetary Society, a member of the Academy of Astronautics, the Royal Astronomical Society, and many other scientific organizations.

Author of over fifty books, his numerous awards include the 1961 Kalinga Prize, the AAAS-West ...more

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Arthur C. Clarke’s books

Average rating: 3.98 · 1,138,447 ratings · 35,948 reviews · 943 distinct works • Similar authors

	2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 268,451 ratings — published 1968 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 138,160 ratings — published 1973 — 186 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Childhood's End 4.10 avg rating — 136,087 ratings — published 1953 — 219 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	2010: Odyssey Two (Space Odyssey, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 51,297 ratings — published 1982 — 125 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The City and the Stars 4.08 avg rating — 29,440 ratings — published 1956 — 117 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fountains of Paradise 3.96 avg rating — 27,304 ratings — published 1979 — 99 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	2061: Odyssey Three (Space Odyssey, #3) 3.59 avg rating — 27,309 ratings — published 1987 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Garden of Rama (Rama, #3) by Arthur C. Clarke, Gentry Lee 3.80 avg rating — 23,139 ratings — published 1973 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rama II (Rama, #2) by Arthur C. Clarke, Gentry Lee 3.70 avg rating — 23,672 ratings — published 1989 — 70 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	3001: The Final Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #4) 3.57 avg rating — 22,757 ratings — published 1997 — 88 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Arthur C. Clarke

Space Odyssey (4 books)
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Arthur C. Clarke

4.04 avg rating — 370,154 ratings

Rama (4 books)
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Arthur C. Clarke,

Gentry Lee

3.99 avg rating — 199,270 ratings

A Time Odyssey (3 books)
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Arthur C. Clarke,

Stephen Baxter

3.76 avg rating — 15,035 ratings

The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (4 books)
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4.11 avg rating — 12,345 ratings

The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (7 books)
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Maxwell Caulfield,

Emily Woof (Reading)

4.27 avg rating — 6,448 ratings

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Quotes by Arthur C. Clarke

“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”
― Arthur C. Clarke

tags: distance, life, loneliness, qotd, sense-of-wonder, universe

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“I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.”
― Arthur C. Clarke

tags: extraterrestrials, humor, intelligent-life, life, science, universe

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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

tags: motivational

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