Arthur C. Clarke
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The celebrated author continues his Space Odyssey with this Hugo Award winner.
In 1968, Arthur C. Clarke's bestselling 2001: A Space Odyssey captivated the world and was adapted into the classic film by Stanley Kubrick. Fourteen years later, fans and critics were thrilled by the release of 2010: Odyssey Two.
Nine years after the ill-fated Discovery One mission to Jupiter, a joint Soviet-American crew travels to the planet to investigate the...
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"The Ninth Science Fiction Megapack" contains 27 more works spanning time and space-including 24 stories, 2 interviews, and "A Science Fiction Alphabet." Fun stuff indeed! Included are:
INTERVIEW: DAN SIMMONS, conducted by Darrell Schweitzer
THE SPIRES OF DENON, by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A HOUND DOG, by Brenda W. Clough
FOR I AM A JEALOUS PEOPLE! by Lester del Rey
LUVVER, by Mack Reynolds
FROG LEVEL, by Bud Webster
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No Morning After by Arthur C. Clarke
"But this is terrible!" said the Supreme Scientist. "Surely there is something we can do!"
"Yes, Your Cognizance, but it will be extremely difficult. The planet is more than 500 light–years away, and it is very hard to maintain contact. However, we believe we can establish a bridgehead. Unfortunately, that is not the only problem. So far, we've been unable to communicate with these beings. Their telepathic powers...
5) Before Eden
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Before Eden by Arthur C. Clarke - Venus wasn't the virgin planet Mankind had always assumed. It was simply that we got there too soon.
"I guess," said Jerry Garfield, cutting the engines, "that this is the end of the line." With a gentle sigh, the underjets faded out; deprived of its air-cushion, the scout-car Rambling Wreck settled down upon the twisted rocks of the Hesperian Plateau.
There was no way forward; neither on its jets nor its tractors...
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Science Fiction Grand Masters - The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have voted since 1975 to name the best science fiction writers and recognize them as, the best of the best, Grand Masters. This vintage sci-fi anthology contains 19 short stories by the greatest writers in the history of science fiction. All of these short stories are written by Science Fiction Grand Masters.
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Science Fiction Grand Masters 3 - The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have voted since 1975 to name the best science fiction writers and recognize them as, the best of the best, Grand Masters. This vintage sci-fi anthology contains 22 short stories by the greatest writers in the history of science fiction. All of these short stories are written by Science Fiction Grand Masters.
8) Vintage Sci-Fi 9 - 17 Science Fiction Classics From Isaac Asimov, H. G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, Phi
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Vintage Sci-Fi 9 - 17 Science Fiction Classics from Isaac Asimov, H. G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick, Mary Shelley and more