Born in Somerset in 1917, Arthur C. Clarke has written over fifty books, among which are the science fiction classics 2001, A Space Odyssey. He has won all the most prestigious science fiction trophies, and shared an Oscar nomination with Stanley Kubrick for the screenplay of the film of 2001. He lives in Sri Lanka.Stephen Baxter is the author of the highly acclaimed Xeelee Sequence of fiction and many other award-winning science fiction novels. He lives in Buckinghamshire.

Praise for Arthur C. Clarke: ‘Arthur C. Clarke is the prophet of the space age’THE TIMES‘Arthur C. Clarke is the colossus of science fiction’NEW YORK TIMES Praise for Stephen Baxter: ‘The most important living science-fiction writer in the country’THE TIMES‘The best SF writer in Britain’SFX

Born in Somerset in 1917, Arthur C. Clarke has written over fifty books, among which are the science fiction classics 2001, A Space Odyssey. He has won all the most prestigious science fiction trophies, and shared an Oscar nomination with Stanley Kubrick for the screenplay of the film of 2001. He lives in Sri Lanka.Stephen Baxter is the author of the highly acclaimed Xeelee Sequence of fiction and many other award-winning science fiction novels. He lives in Buckinghamshire.

Praise for Arthur C. Clarke: ‘Arthur C. Clarke is the prophet of the space age’THE TIMES‘Arthur C. Clarke is the colossus of science fiction’NEW YORK TIMES Praise for Stephen Baxter: ‘The most important living science-fiction writer in the country’THE TIMES‘The best SF writer in Britain’SFX

Born in Somerset in 1917, Arthur C. Clarke has written over fifty books, among which are the science fiction classics 2001, A Space Odyssey. He has won all the most prestigious science fiction trophies, and shared an Oscar nomination with Stanley Kubrick for the screenplay of the film of 2001. He lives in Sri Lanka.Stephen Baxter is the author of the highly acclaimed Xeelee Sequence of fiction and many other award-winning science fiction novels. He lives in Buckinghamshire.

Praise for Arthur C. Clarke: ‘Arthur C. Clarke is the prophet of the space age’THE TIMES‘Arthur C. Clarke is the colossus of science fiction’NEW YORK TIMES Praise for Stephen Baxter: ‘The most important living science-fiction writer in the country’THE TIMES‘The best SF writer in Britain’SFX