The City And The Stars by Sir Arthur C Clarke

The City And The Stars by Sir Arthur C Clarke

Clarke's masterful evocation of the far future of humanity, considered his finest novel.

Arthur C. Clarke was born in Minehead in 1917. During the Second World War he served as an RAF radar instructor, rising to the rank of Flight-Lieutenant. After the war he won a BSc in physics and mathematics with first class honours from King's College, London. One of the most respected of all science-fiction writers, he also won the KALINGA PRIZE, the AVIATION SPACE-WRITERS PRIZE,and the WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE WRITING PRIZE. He also shared an OSCAR nomination with Stanley Kubrick for the screenplay of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, which was based on his story, 'The Sentinel'. He lived in Sri Lanka from 1956 until his death in 2008.

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ISBN 13	9781857987638
ISBN 10	1857987632
Title	The City And The Stars
Author	Sir Arthur C Clarke
Series	Sf Masterworks
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Orion Publishing Co
Year published	2001-03-08
Number of pages	256
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