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During his long life, Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) was distinguished in many fields: as science and science-fiction writer, inventor, television presenter, film consultant, pundit and futurist. He was launched into world-wide recognition through Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, based on Clarke's work and he became our most prominent spokesman of his generation for the promise of space exploration. Born in Somerset in 1917, Clarke became one of the first members of the British Interplanetary Society. After serving as a RAF radar specialist in WWII, he began writing in earnest and became a professional writer by the early 1950s. As the author of more than 20 novels, 100+ shorter works of fiction, four major fiction series, 30+ non-fiction books and hundreds of miscellaneous pieces, Clarke's legacy is secure as 'Godfather of the Communication Satellite' and 'Prophet of the Space Age'. For this deeply-researched biography. Neil McAleer conducted dozens of interviews with Clarke's friends and colleagues, had access to the Clarke Papers and worked with Clarke himself in the preparation of the manuscript. An early edition of this authorized work was published in 1992, but the text was much expanded by more than a dozen new chapters for a limited edition in 2012. The work has now been brought up to date and includes many new photographs added for this new edition in celebration of the centenary of the birth of Sir Arthur C. Clarke.

Table of Contents:
Preface Foreword by Patrick Moore Foreword by Isaac Asimov 1: Earth, 1917 2: Moonward from Somerset 3: Terrestrial Inspirations 4: Ego in London 5: Into the Royal Air Force 6: The Promise of Space 7: New Shores 8: Writer, with Wife 9: Toward Southern Stars 10: Around the World to Ceylon 11: Space Age Dreams 12: The Space Circuit 13: Down to Earth 14: Silver Linings 15: Paralysis 16: Return to Great Basses 17: The Genesis of 2001: A Space Odyssey 18: A Cosmic Classic 19: The Lunar Age Begins 20: Man on the Moon 21: Jetting for the Future 22: The Unravelling of the `Alien' Project 23: Set of the Sails - 232 24: The Space Elevator: After the Laughing Stops 25: From Sri Lanka to Titan 26: Perturbations in Time 27: Transits, Eclipses 28: Odyssey's Return 29: World Telecommunications Year 30: Nineteen Eighty-Four 31: A Near and Distant Earth 32: Borrowed Time 33: Threescore and Ten 34: New Lease on Life 35: A Solo Novel and Sundry Pieces 36: Into the 1990s 37: Last Years of the 20th Century 38: Arthur Ambiguous 39: 2000: The Prelude Year 40: The Longest Year: The Real 2001 41: Into the 21st Century 42: Witness to Tsunami 43: 2001: The View from 2010 44: The Final Years 45: Two Media One Last Time (And a 90th Birthday Party) 46: Earth 2008: Last Days Letter from Tom Hanks Meeting Arthur Clarke in Hollywood - Ray Bradbury `Space Cadets' in the Early Space Age - Walter Cronkite & Arthur Clarke Acknowledgments Sources: Selected Interviews Endnotes Arthur C. Clarke Predictions and the Emerging Future About the Author

About the Author :
Neil McAleer is the writer of several non-fiction books in the popular-science and science-fact genres. One of those titles, The Omni Space Almanac, won the 1988 Robert S. Ball Award from the Aviation and Space Writers Association. He has also published works of fiction and biography, and has contributed science pieces to more than two dozen magazines and newspapers, including Smithsonian's Air and Space, OMNI Magazine, Popular Science, Discover, The Baltimore Sun, The Denver Post, The L.A. Times, and various news syndications. He lives in Catonsville, MD.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781853981906
  • Publisher: Ashgrove Publishing Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Ashgrove Publishing Ltd
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • No of Pages: 502
  • Sub Title: Odyssey of a Visionary
  • Width: 145 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1853981907
  • Publisher Date: 28 Dec 2017
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 210 mm
  • Spine Width: 32 mm
  • Weight: 650 gr


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