Arthur C. Clarke
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Science Fiction Fridays: Something in the Sky. Something BIG!
By Richard C. Remember that huge cylinder hovering over Earth, desperately sucking up the ocean in search of long lost whales in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home? Well the “gigantic and probably dangerous object in the sky” theme makes great science fiction. No “take me to your leader” message here, folks, instead an unfathomable confrontation with… Continue reading
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Arthur C. Clarke’s best books
When I was in third grade, in the early 1970s, I encountered Arthur C. Clarke on a classroom book spinner. I was intrigued by the cover and the title and promptly took the book home and devoured it, thus beginning a lifelong love of hard science fiction. My tastes have broadened considerable since, but most… Continue reading