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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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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
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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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4) 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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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...
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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
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"Often referred to as the 'father of science fiction,' H.G. Wells' tales of time travel and alien invasion have enthralled generations. His 1898 novel, The War of the Worlds, tells the story of an invasion from Mars and the ensuing conflict between the Martians and mankind. This tribute to Wells' most famous novel contains the full, original text, expertly brought to life through a series of illustrations by artist Adam Rufino. Also included are features...
10) Sunstorm
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(Arthur Charles),Time odyssey volume 2
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Returned to the Earth of 2037 by the mysterious and powerful Firstborn, Bisesa Dutt is haunted by memories of her five years spent on the strange alternate Earth called Mir, a jigsaw-puzzle world made up of lands and people cut out of different eras of Earth's history. Why did the Firstborn create Mir? Why was Bisesa taken there and then brought back just a day after her disappearance?
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This New York Times-bestselling chapter in the Hugo Award-winning Space Odyssey series.
The third book in Clarke's beloved Space Odyssey continues the story of Heywood Floyd, survivor of two previous encounters with the mysterious monoliths and the alien intelligences behind them. Floyd is chosen as one of a handful of celebrity guests to witness the first manned touchdown on the surface of Halley's Comet on the privately-owned spaceship Universe....
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xii, 497 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"Celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the film's release, this is the definitive story of the making of 2001: A Space Odyssey, acclaimed today as one of the greatest films ever made, including the inside account of how director Stanley Kubrick and writer Arthur C. Clarke created this cinematic masterpiece. Regarded as a masterpiece today, 2001: A Space Odyssey received mixed reviews on its 1968 release. Despite the success of Dr. Strangelove, director...
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412 pages ; 22 cm
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"A sequel to Sir Arthur C. Clarke's Nebula Award-winning novella "A Meeting with Medusa," this novel continues the thrilling adventure of astronaut Howard Falcon, humanity first explorer of Jupiter from two modern science fiction masters. Howard Falcon almost lost his life in an accident as the first human astronaut to explore the atmosphere of Jupiter and a combination of human ingenuity and technical expertise brought him back. But he is no longer...
16) The last theorem
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When Ranjit Subramanian, a Sri Lankan with a special gift for mathematics, writes a three-page proof of Pierre de Fermat's last theorem, his achievement is hailed as a work of genius, bringing him fame and fortune. But it also brings him to the attention of the National Security Agency and a shadowy United Nations outfit called Pax per Fidem, or Peace Through Transparency, whose secretive workings belie its name. Suddenly Ranjit--together with his...
17) Childhood's end
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viii, 212 pages ; 18 cm
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The author questions the survival of mankind in this science fiction tale about Overlords from outer space who dominate the world.
18) Firstborn
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(Arthur Charles),Time odyssey volume 3
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364 pages ; 25 cm.
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Failing to eliminate life on Earth after their first attack, the Firstborn send a Q-bomb weapon to finish the job. Two cryogenically frozen females and a group of scientists studying the Eye, an artifact of the Firstborn, may be the only hope of finding a way to counter the onslaught.
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