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Arthur C. Clarke

( 1917- )

Has lived in Sir Lanka since 1956. His story "Rendezvous with Rama" won the Hugo, Nebula, and the John W. Campbell Award. His short story "The Star" won a Hugo.

Awarded the Nebula Grand Master Award in 1968

He has also won many other awards in the writing and scientific communities.

His scientific writings are many, and include "The Exploration of Space" which won an International Fantasy Award for nonfiction in 1952.

He invented the communications satellite. Still another of his inventions is described in the story "Silence, Please!"--Winter 1950 issue of the British publication: Science Fantasy Magazine. It has only recently been able to be realized due to advancements in data processing. The realized invention has been on several TV science 'magazine' shows. I have noticed that no one has noted the ties to science fiction. Perhaps, because they don't know of the invention's relation to Arthur C. Clarke.

One has to wonder how much we owe to the dreams of sci-fi authors. Just how Mr. Clarke's invention in "Silence, Please!" might evolve is presented in an online tale of the near future called, "Lev.UP". Thanks for visiting the SciFiArchive!
--Lee Skidmore.

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Master of Space

1961 printing of the 1951 story "Prelude to Space", cover marked and bent, readers copy.

$1.00

The Other Side of the Sky

November 1959, 4th printing collection of short stories, paperback, fine condition.

$3.00

Report on Planet Three

science speculation/fact articles about earth from the perspective of the Martians, cover missing, reading copy.

The dedication reads "In accordance with the terms of the Clarke-Asimov Treaty, the second-best science writer dedicates this book to the second-best science-fiction writer."

$1.00

Imperial Earth

November 1976 first Ballantine paperback printing, 2 page cover with damage to the bottom of the outer cover, otherwise good.

$2.00

Tales from Planet Earth

1990 printing as collection of shorts from Ballantine for the Science Fiction Book Club, Fine condition with fine dust jacket. Stories are "The Road to the Sea"-1950, "Hate"-1961, "Publicity Campaign"-1956, "The Other Tiger"-1953, "The Deep Range"-1958, "If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth. . ."- 1953, "The Cruel Sky"-1962, "The Parasite"-1953, "The Next Tenants"-1957, "Saturn Rising"-1961, "The Man Who Ploughed the Sea"-1957, "The Wall of Darkness"-1949, "The Lion of Comarre"-1968, "On Golden Seas"-1987

$7.00

another copy: 1990 First Printing as collection, large paperback, good+ condition

$10.00

The Songs of Distant Earth

May 1986 first edition, hardcover from Del Ray, fine condition with fine dust cover.

$40.00

another copy-book club hardcover, very good condition with dust jacket.

$10.00

another copy: paperback, fair+

$1.00

The Hammer of God

July 1993 first edition hardcover from Bantam Spectra, fine condition, with fine dust cover.

$30.00

2001: a space odyssey

7th paperback edition with 16 pages of pictures from the movie, good+

$5.00

another copy: book club hardcover, good, no dust cover

$3.00

another copy: paperback, cover marked

$1.00

another copy: paperback edition with 16 pages of pictures from the movie, good

$3.50

another copy: paperback edition with 16 pages of pictures from the movie, good+

$5.00--has been sold, please check back later.

2010: odyssey two

1982 Del Ray 1st edition hardcover, near fine condition.

$30.00

paperback edition, Cover by M. Whelan

$2.00

another copy: paperback with movie cover

$1.50

another copy: paperback with movie cover, fair

$1.00

another copy: paperback with movie cover, fair

$1.00

The Exploration of Space

1951 1st edition, nonfiction, a bit worn around the edges, otherwise very good condition , no dust cover.

$25.00

13 Great Stories of Science Fiction

September 1962 2nd printing paperback, very good condition, collection of shorts, contains the story "Silence Please" by Arthur C. Clarke. As well as the stories: "The War is Over" by Algis Budreys, "The Light" by Poul Anderson, "Compassion Circuit" by John Wyndham, "Volpa" by Wyman Guin, Allegory" by William T. Powers, "Soap Opera" by Alan Nelson, "Shipping Clerk" by William Morrision, "Technologicial Retreat" by G. C. Edmondson, "The Analogues" by Damon Knight, "The Available Data on the Worp Reaction" by Lion Miller, "The Skills of Xanadu", by Theodore Sturgeon, "The Machine", by Richard Gehman.

$5.00-no longer available, listed for story reference only, 10-30-03

1984: SPRING

A Choice Of Futures

November 1984 first paperback publication, nonfiction, collection of articles and essays, very good condition

$5.00

Childhood's End

Nov. 1966 7th printing paperback, good++

$5.00

paperback, good condition

$1.50

paperback, good- condition

$1.00

Earthlight

1955 First Printing, paperback, fine condition.

$25.00

another copy: paperback, good

$2.00

Cradle

with Gentry Lee

6th Printing, paperback, good+ condition.

$3.50

another copy: good-

$1.50

Rama II

with Gentry Lee

Dec. 1989 1st Edition Hardcover, very good-, with overall rough edges on dust cover

10.00

another copy: paperback, good- condition-cover marked up

$1.00

The Wind from the Sun

5th Printing as collection, paperback, good condition, Stories: "The Food of the Gods", "Maelstrom", "The Shining Ones", "The Wind from the Sun", "The Secret", "The Last Command", "Dial F for Frankenstein", "Reunion", "Playback", "The Light of Darkness", "The Longest Science-Fiction Story Ever Told", "Herbert George Morley Roberts Wells, Esq.", "Love That Universe", "Crusade", "The Cruel Sky", "Neutron Tide", "Transit of Earth", A Meeting with Medusa".

$4.00

Against the Fall of Night

April 1970 3rd Printing paperback, good

$3.50

another copy: Oct. 1967 3rd printing paperback, very good, cover art by John Schoenherr

$5.00***has been sold, please check back later***

Rama Revealed

with Gentry Lee

4th Printing Hardcover, very good

$16.00

another copy: 1st Edition Hardcover, fine

$25.00

another copy: Feb. 1995 Paperback, good+

$3.50

The Garden of Rama

with Gentry Lee

Sept. 1991 1st Edition Hardcover, very good

$25.00

Beyond the Fall of Night

with Gregory Benford

1990 1st Edition Hardcover, very good

$20.00

another copy: 1990 1st Edition Hardcover, very good

$20.00

another copy: 1990 1st Edition Hardcover, very good-

$15.00

another copy: 1990 1st Edition Hardcover, good+

$10.00

Glide Path

science fact about development of Radar

paperback, fair cover marked

$2.00

The Fountains of Paradise

Feb. 1980 1st Printing Paperback, good+

$3.00

another copy: Aug. 1981 3rd paperback, very good

$3.50

The Lost Worlds of 2001

Jan. 1972 1st Printing, paperback, good+

$3.50

another copy: Great Britian paperback, good

$2.00

The Sands of Mars

Jan 1974 paperback printing, good

$3.50

Rendezvous with Rama

Sept 1974 1st Printing as Paperback, fair missing inner cover of 2 page cover

$2.00