Born in Somerset in 1917, Arthur C. Clarke has written over sixty books, among which are the science fiction classics 2001: A Space Odyssey, Childhood’s End, The City and the Stars and Rendezvous With Rama. 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 was knighted in 1998. He died in 2008 at his home in Sri Lanka.

'Clarke is one of the greatest imaginative writers of hard science fiction' New Scientist 'Arthur Clarke is one of the true geniuses of our time' Ray Bradbury 'Arthur C. Clarke is the prophet of the space age' The Times 'A one-man literary Big Bang, Clarke has originated his own vast and teeming futurist universe' Sunday Times 'Arthur C. Clarke is blessed with one of the most astounding imaginations ever encountered in print' New York Times 'One of the truly prophetic figures of the space age! the colossus of science fiction' New Yorker 'The most consistently able writer science fiction has yet produced' Kingsley Amis on Frederik Pohl 'In his grasp of scientific and technological possibilities, Pohl ranks with Asimov and Clarke, but he has greater originality than either' Sunday Times 'I want to be remembered most as a writer - one who entertained readers, and, hopefully, stretched their imagination as well' Arthur C Clarke 'The universe is full of wonder... and we reach out for such wonder... But none, surely, have succeeded so well as Arthur C Clarke' Stephen Baxter 'Clarke was a pioneer in so many areas, but one of his most interesting achievements was making scientific humility a unique core of "scientific" mysticism.' Greg Bear 'Clarke was one of the all time greats, and his books will be remembered for as long as people still read science fiction.' George R R Martin 'His impact, you might say, was indistinguishable from magic.' Scientific American 'No one has done more than Clarke in the way of enlightened prediction.' Isaac Asimov

Born in Somerset in 1917, Arthur C. Clarke has written over sixty books, among which are the science fiction classics 2001: A Space Odyssey, Childhood’s End, The City and the Stars and Rendezvous With Rama. 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 was knighted in 1998. He died in 2008 at his home in Sri Lanka.

'Clarke is one of the greatest imaginative writers of hard science fiction' New Scientist 'Arthur Clarke is one of the true geniuses of our time' Ray Bradbury 'Arthur C. Clarke is the prophet of the space age' The Times 'A one-man literary Big Bang, Clarke has originated his own vast and teeming futurist universe' Sunday Times 'Arthur C. Clarke is blessed with one of the most astounding imaginations ever encountered in print' New York Times 'One of the truly prophetic figures of the space age! the colossus of science fiction' New Yorker 'The most consistently able writer science fiction has yet produced' Kingsley Amis on Frederik Pohl 'In his grasp of scientific and technological possibilities, Pohl ranks with Asimov and Clarke, but he has greater originality than either' Sunday Times 'I want to be remembered most as a writer - one who entertained readers, and, hopefully, stretched their imagination as well' Arthur C Clarke 'The universe is full of wonder... and we reach out for such wonder... But none, surely, have succeeded so well as Arthur C Clarke' Stephen Baxter 'Clarke was a pioneer in so many areas, but one of his most interesting achievements was making scientific humility a unique core of "scientific" mysticism.' Greg Bear 'Clarke was one of the all time greats, and his books will be remembered for as long as people still read science fiction.' George R R Martin 'His impact, you might say, was indistinguishable from magic.' Scientific American 'No one has done more than Clarke in the way of enlightened prediction.' Isaac Asimov

Born in Somerset in 1917, Arthur C. Clarke has written over sixty books, among which are the science fiction classics 2001: A Space Odyssey, Childhood’s End, The City and the Stars and Rendezvous With Rama. 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 was knighted in 1998. He died in 2008 at his home in Sri Lanka.

'Clarke is one of the greatest imaginative writers of hard science fiction' New Scientist 'Arthur Clarke is one of the true geniuses of our time' Ray Bradbury 'Arthur C. Clarke is the prophet of the space age' The Times 'A one-man literary Big Bang, Clarke has originated his own vast and teeming futurist universe' Sunday Times 'Arthur C. Clarke is blessed with one of the most astounding imaginations ever encountered in print' New York Times 'One of the truly prophetic figures of the space age! the colossus of science fiction' New Yorker 'The most consistently able writer science fiction has yet produced' Kingsley Amis on Frederik Pohl 'In his grasp of scientific and technological possibilities, Pohl ranks with Asimov and Clarke, but he has greater originality than either' Sunday Times 'I want to be remembered most as a writer - one who entertained readers, and, hopefully, stretched their imagination as well' Arthur C Clarke 'The universe is full of wonder... and we reach out for such wonder... But none, surely, have succeeded so well as Arthur C Clarke' Stephen Baxter 'Clarke was a pioneer in so many areas, but one of his most interesting achievements was making scientific humility a unique core of "scientific" mysticism.' Greg Bear 'Clarke was one of the all time greats, and his books will be remembered for as long as people still read science fiction.' George R R Martin 'His impact, you might say, was indistinguishable from magic.' Scientific American 'No one has done more than Clarke in the way of enlightened prediction.' Isaac Asimov