Other Worlds, Times, and Places - Arthur C. Clarke
(1917 - 19 March 2008))
First published Novel: Prelude to Space (1951)
Latest Work: The Last Theorem (2006)
Childhood's End was my first exposure to Arthur C. Clarke. It was also my first exposure to the concept of ascension. The book was very good but it was also extremely disturbing. To think of man evolving into something no longer recognizable as man haunted me in a way that the devolution concept never did. I think that what really bothered me about ascension was the thought that once perfection is attained, what is there left to strive for?
I didn't really care for short stories until I started reading those by Clarke. The Nine Billion Names of God is my personal favorite, followed closely by Rescue Party and Sentinel (the basis for 2001, A Space Odyssey).
Recommendations
Childhood's End
Against the Fall of
Night
Imperial Earth
Series By Arthur C. Clarke
Space Trilogy
1. Islands in the Sky (1952)
2. Earthlight (1955)
3. Sands of Mars (1951)
Space Trilogy (omnibus) (2001)
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2. 2010: Odyssey Two (1982)
3. 2061: Odyssey Three (1985)
4. 3001: The Final Odyssey (1996)
Rama
1. Rendezvous with Rama (1972)
2. Rama II (1989) (with Gentry Lee)
3. The Garden of Rama (1991) (with Gentry Lee)
4. Rama Revealed (1993) (with Gentry Lee)
Time Odyssey (with Stephen Baxter)
1. Time's Eye (2003)
2. Sunstorm (2005)
Novels
Prelude to Space (1951)
Against the Fall of the Night (1953)
The Deep Range (1954)
The City and the Stars (1956)
A Fall of Moondust (1961)
Dolphin Island: A Story of the People of the Sea (1963)
Glide Path: To The Heart of Experimental Technology...In WWII! (1963)
The Space Dreamers (1969)
Imperial Earth (1975)
The View from Serendip (1977)
The Fountains of Paradise (1978)
Breaking Strain (1987)
Cradle (1987) (with Gentry Lee)
Beyond the Fall of Night (1990) (with Gregory Benford)
The Ghost from the Grand Banks (1990)
The Hammer of God (1993)
Richter 10 (1996) (with Mike McQuay)
The Trigger (1999) (with Michael P Kube-McDowell)
The Light of Other Days (2000) (with Stephen Baxter)
The Last Theorem (2006)
Short Story Collections
Tales from the White Hart (1940)
Expedition to Earth (1953)
Reach for Tomorrow (1956)
The Other Side of the Sky (1958)
Across the Sea of Stars (1959)
Tales of Ten Worlds (1962)
The Nine Billion Names of God (1967)
The Lion of Comarre: And Other Stories (1968)
Earthlight and Other Stories (1971)
The Wind from the Sun (1972)
Of Time and Stars (1972)
The Best of Arthur C Clarke 1932-1955 (1973)
Best of Arthur C. Clarke: 1956-1972 (1977)
Four Great SF Novels (1978)
Possessed: And Other Stories (1978)
Arthur C. Clarke: 2001, A Space Odyssey; The City and the Stars; The Deep Range, A Fall of Moondust; Rendezvous With Rama (1980)
Lion of Comarre / Against the Fall of Night (1982) The Sentinel (1982)
The Songs of Distant Earth: And Other Stories (1986)
The Best Short Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (1988)
Tales from Planet Earth (1989)
A Meeting with Medusa: And Other Stories (1990)
The Arthur C. Clarke Collection: 2001 a Space Odyssey/Transit of Earth/Fountains of Paradise/Childhood's End [ABRIDGED] (1995)
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)
The Ghost from the Grand Banks and the Deep Range (2001)
The Shining Ones: And Other Stories (2001)
