De weerbarstige orchidee by Arthur C. Clarke

Clarke, whom I discovered, a bit belatedly in my personal golden age, via 2001: A Space Odyssey in 1968. Ideally both, since the selections between libraries and retail outlets don’t overlap by much libraries have older books, bookstores and newsstands and latest in print.Ī particular case that I noticed in my early experience was that of Arthur C. age 12), discover books either at libraries (school or public) or at retail outlets (bookstore or newsstand), or both. Most science fiction readers, I imagine, as they reach the proverbial “golden age of science fiction” (i.e. This post will trace the overlaps between Clarke’s early collections and the later “omnibuses” and “remixes.” The next post will review the stories, both in general terms and to highlight the 8 or 10 or 12 best, or most significant, Clarke stories, in my judgment. Clarke’s short fiction, which comprise nearly 100 titles and include such famous works as “The Star” and “The Nine Billion Names of God,” not to mention “The Sentinel,” one of the (several) inspirations for 2001. This is the first of two posts about Arthur C. He began publishing short stories as early as 1937, and his novels beginning in the 1950s included Childhood’s End, The City and the Stars, and Rendezvous with Rama. He was a British scientist who lived most of his life in Ceylon, later known as Sri Lanka, and wrote numerous books about his skin diving adventures in that area. Clarke was one of the major science fiction writers of the 1950s through the 1970s his biggest claim to fame was as coauthor, along with filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, of the film and novel 2001: A Space Odyssey. The Lion of Comarre and Against the Fall of Night (Harcourt Brace World, 1968 book club edition shown)Īrthur C. Prelude to Mars (Harcourt Brace World, 1965 book club edition shown) Across the Sea of Stars (Harcourt Brace World, 1959)įrom the Ocean, From the Stars (Harcourt Brace World, 1961)

De weerbarstige orchidee by Arthur C. Clarke