CLARKE, Arthur C(harles)

CLARKE, Arthur C(harles). British, b. 1917. Genres: Science fiction/Fantasy, Air/Space topics, Astronomy, Marine sciences/Oceanography, Travel/Exploration, Novellas/Short stories. Career: Engaged in underwater exploration and photography of the Great Barrier Reef of Australia and the coast of Ceylon, 1954-. Assistant Auditor, Exchequer and Audit Dept., London, 1936-41; Assistant Ed., Physics Abstracts, London, 1949-50; Chancellor, Univ of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, 1979-2002; has made numerous radio and TV appearances, and has lectured widely in Britain and the U.S.; Commentator, for CBS-TV, on lunar landing flights of Apollo 11, 12, and 15. Publications: FICTION: Prelude to Space: The Sands of Mars, 1951; Islands in the Sky, 1952; Against the Fall of Night, 1953; Childhood's End, 1953; Earthlight, 1955; The City and the Stars, 1956; The Deep Range, 1957; Across the Sea of Stars, 1962; Dolphin Island, 1963; Glide Path, 1963; Prelude to Mars, 1965; An Arthur C. Clarke Omnibus, 1965; 2001: A Space Odyssey (novel and screenplay), 1968; An Arthur C. Clarke Second Omnibus, 1968; The Lion of Comarre, 1970; Rendezvous with Rama, 1972; Imperial Earth, 1975; The Fountains of Paradise, 1979; 2010: Odyssey Two, 1982; The Songs of Distant Earth, 1986; A Fall of Moondust, 1987; 2061: Odyssey Three, 1988; (with G. Lee) Cradle, 1988; (with G. Lee) Rama II, 1989; The Ghost from the Grand Banks, 1990; (with G. Lee) The Garden of Rama, 1991; The Hammer of God, 1993; (with G. Lee) Rama Revealed, 1994; (with M. McQuary) Richter 10, 1996; 3001: The Final Odyssey, 1997; Trigger, 1999. SHORT STORIES: Expedition to Earth, 1953; Reach for Tomorrow, 1956; Tales of White Hart, 1957; The Other Side of the Sky, 1958; Tales of Ten Worlds, 1962; The Nine Billion Names of God: The Best Short Stories of Arthur C. Clarke, 1967; The Wind from the Sun, 1972; Of Time and Stars, 1972; The Best of Arthur C. Clarke 1937-1971, 1973; The Sentinel, 1983; Tales from Planet Earth, 1989; More Than One Universe, 1990. NON-FICTION: Interplanetary Flight: An Introduction to Astronautics, 1950; The Exploration of Space, 1951; The Young Traveler in Space (in U.S. as Going into Space), 1954, rev. ed. (with R. Silverberg) as Into Space: A Young Person's Guide to Space, 1971; (with R.A. Smith) The Exploration of the Moon, 1954; The Coast of Coral, 1956; The Making of a Moon: The Story of the Earth Satellite Program, 1957; The Reefs of Taprobane: Underwater Adventures around Ceylon, 1957; Voice across the Sea, 1958; (with M. Wilson) Boy beneath the Sea, 1958; The Challenge of the Spaceship, 1959; (with M. Wilson) The First Five Fathoms, 1960; The Challenge of the Sea, 1960; (with M. Wilson) Indian Ocean Adventure, 1961; Profiles of the Future, 1962; The Treasure of the Great Reef, 1964; (with M. Wilson) Indian Ocean Treasure, 1964; (with eds. of Life) Man and Space, 1964; Voices from the Sky, 1965; The Promise of Space, 1968; (co-author) First on the Moon, 1970; Report on Planet Three and Other Speculations, 1972; The Lost Worlds of 2001, 1972; (with C. Bonestell) Beyond Jupiter, 1972; (co-author) Technology and the Frontiers of Knowledge (lectures), 1975; The Best of Arthur C. Clarke, 2 vols., 1977; The View from Serendip, 1978; 1984: Spring: A Choice of Futures, 1984; Ascent to Orbit: A Scientific Autobiography: The Technical Writings of Arthur C. Clarke, 1984; (with P. Hyams) The Odyssey File, 1985; July 20, 2019: Life in the 21st Century, 1986; How the World Was One, 1992; By Space Possessed, 1993; The Snows of Olympus: A Garden on Mars; Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!, 1999; Collected Stories, 2001. EDITOR: Time Probe, 1966; The Coming of the Space Age, 1967. Address: 25 Barnes Place, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka.