New Releases by Arthur C Clarke

La edición ilustrada del gran clásico de Arthur C. Clarke con 5 ilustraciones del artista Gabriel Björk Stiernström Año 2130. Los astrónomos detectan un misterioso asteroide, al que bautizan como «Rama», que está a punto de cruzar el sistema solar. Se trata de un cilindro perfecto de unos cincuenta kilómetros de largo, que gira a una velocidad fuera de lo normal y viaja por el espacio en línea recta. Ante esas evidencias, los investigadores se preguntan si están ante el primer visitante procedente de las estrellas... ¿Podrá la humanidad enfrentarse al enigma que alberga esta extraña nave, aparentemente extraterrestre, y que es ya una maravilla tecnológica que forma parte del imaginario de varias generaciones de lectores? Bienvenidos al gran clásico que Denis Villeneuve llevará al cine. Cita con Rama es una de las obras más premiadas de uno de los mejores escritores de ciencia ficción de todos los tiempos, galardonada con los premios Hugo, Nebula, Locus, John W. Campbell y BSFA. «Arthur C. Clarke expandirá tus horizontes». The Guardian

Ezer év telt el a titokzatos holdi monolit megszólalása és a Discovery-expedíció szerencsétlensége óta. Az új virágkorát élő emberiség horizontján azonban viharfelhők gyülekeznek. Nyugtalanító felfedezések utalnak arra, hogy az űrben az értelem csodáját elvető idegenek még korántsem tekintik befejezettnek kísérletüket, és végső céljuk a Föld számára akár a pusztulást is jelentheti. Civilizációnk sorsát egyetlen ember tartja a kezében… csakhogy ő már ezer éve halott! A sci-fi nagymestere, Sir Arthur C. Clarke méltó módon, egy letehetetlenül izgalmas és pazar szellemi kalanddal zárta le Űrodisszeia-sorozatát. A távoli jövőbe kalauzoló, de napjaink számára is fontos üzeneteket hordozó 3001 most javított, újraszerkesztett formában kerül az olvasók elé. „A 3001 nem csupán egy fantasztikusan érdekfeszítő regény, amelyben fény derül a HAL nevű mesterséges intelligencia szándékaira és a monolitok titkára, hanem egy nagyon bölcs, gondolatgazdag és provokatív könyv is.” – New Scientist „Clarke saját hatalmas és futurisztikus univerzumának egyszemélyes Ősrobbanása.” – Sunday Times „Lendületes, magával ragadó… A 3001 az SF Nagymester képzelőerejének szárnyalását mutatja.” – The Times

In den Tiefen des Jupiters Howard Falcon ist zum Fliegen geboren. Am liebsten gleitet er mit ultramodernen Heißluft Ballonen durch die Lüfte. Auch nach einem Unfall, bei dem er schwer verletzt wird, gibt Falco seine Leidenschaft nicht auf. Und er hat sich ehrgeizige Ziele gesteckt: Als erster Mensch will er mit einem speziell dafür konstruierten Schiff, der Kon-Tiki, durch die obersten Atmosphärenschichten des Jupiters fliegen. Falcon erhält den Auftrag – und traut seinen Augen nicht: Jupiters Gasozeane werden von gigantischen, quallenähnlichen Lebewesen und ihren den Manta-Rochen ähnelnden Räubern bewohnt. Als die Tiere Falcons Schiff entdecken, gerät die Kon-Tiki in Gefahr. Falcon muss schier Übermenschliches leisten, um Schiff und Crew zu retten. Aber Falcon ist schon lange kein Mensch mehr ...

Una obra de ciencia ficción imprescindible para cualquier amante del género. Perteneciente a la tradicional y ya casi extinta «literatura de ideas», El fin de la infancia tiene como tema la futura evolución del hombre. Una raza extraña llega a la Tierra y trae consigo paz, prosperidad..., y la inesperada tragedia de la perfección. ¿Qué seguirá a la extinción de la raza humana? Arthur C. Clarke, en un final de notable belleza, plantea la más alucinante de las hipótesis.

Ein Abenteuer unter Wasser In der Zukunft beherrschen riesige Hoverschiffe nicht nur die Meere, sondern auch die Highways der Welt. Auf Luftkissen befördern sie rasend schnell Passagiere und Fracht. Eines Nachts hält eines davon direkt neben Johnnys Haus an, offenbar mit einem Motorschaden. Der neugierige Junge lässt sich die Gelegenheit nicht entgehen, sich einen dieser Giganten aus der Nähe anzusehen – und wird prompt zum blinden Passagier. Als das Hoverschiff auf hoher See erneut Schiffbruch erleidet, flieht die Mannschaft in den Rettungsbooten und lässt Johnny zurück. Doch er hat Glück: Eine Schule Delfine rettet ihn und bringt ihn zu einem unglaublichen Ort: der Delfininsel ...

Nächster Stock: Geostationärer Orbit! Im 22. Jahrtausend will Dr. Vannevar Morgan einen uralten Menschheitstraum erfüllen und einen Fahrstuhl zu den Sternen bauen. Mit einer Höhe von 36.000 Kilometern können mit einem solchen Mammutbauwerk Stationen im Orbit erreicht werden, ohne dafür Raketen einsetzen zu müssen. Der einzige Ort auf der Erde, an dem ein solches Vorhaben möglich ist, liegt in den Bergen von Taprobane, die von einem uralten buddhistischen Orden bewohnt werden – der mit allen Mitteln den Bau sabotiert. Doch selbst als der Fahrstuhl bereits in Betrieb ist, hören die Probleme nicht auf ...

Fern der Erde entscheidet sich das Schicksal der Menschheit Die Überlebenden der zweiten Rama-Mission legen in zwölf Jahren in dem zylinderförmigen Riesenraumschiff die Strecke bis zum Sirius zurück, wo sich eine Rama-Raumstation befindet. Die Fremden wollen die Menschen auf Herz und Nieren testen und entscheiden, ob ihnen der Weg zu den Sternen offenstehen soll. Doch die Menschheit schneidet dabei alles andere als gut ab ...

An inquiry into the limits of the possible. Our problems on Jupiter, Mercury, Venus - conquering Time - transport in the future - overcoming gravity - communications across space - benevolent electronic brains. The range of this enthralling book is immense: from the re-making of the human mind to the vast reaches of the universe. Newly revised, even the remarkable events of the last decade have affected few of the exciting speculations by Arthur C. Clarke - a scientist whose expert and wide knowledge is matched only by his brilliant imagination.

This grand space adventure explores the fate of humanity a billion years in the future— A visionary classic by one of science fiction''s greatest minds. Far in the future, Earth''s oceans have evaporated and humanity has all but vanished. The inhabitants of Diaspar believe their domed city is all that remains of an empire that had once conquered the stars. Inside the dome, the citizens live in technological splendor, free from the distractions of aging and disease. Everything is controlled precisely, just as the city''s designers had intended. But a boy named Alvin, unlike his fellow humans, shows an insatiable—and dangerous—curiosity about the world outside the dome. His questions will send him on a quest to discover the truth about the city and humanity''s history—as well as its future. A masterful and awe-inspiring work of imagination, The City and the Stars is considered one of Arthur C. Clarke''s finest novels.

From one of the bestselling science fiction authors of all time comes this heart-stopping far future novel of an asteroid on a collision course with Earth. A century into the future, technology has solved most of the problems that have plagued our time. However, a new problem is on the horizon—one greater than humanity has ever faced. A massive asteroid is racing toward Earth, and its impact could destroy all life on the planet. Immediately after the asteroid—named "Kali" after the Hindu goddess of chaos and destruction—is discovered, the world''s greatest scientists begin researching a way to prevent the disaster. In the meantime, Cpt. Robert Singh, aboard the starship Goliath, may be the only person who can stop the asteroid. But this heroic role may demand the ultimate sacrifice. "Entertaining . . . [Clark] handles both ideas and characters with deftness and wit." — Chicago Sun-Times

A "superbly ingenious" classic of space survival from the author of 2001: A Space Odyssey—one of science fiction''s most influential grandmasters ( Daily Express). Expanding the Moon''s population hinges on building a thriving tourist industry. But when a prototype tourist craft called the Selene encounters a moonquake, the ship plummets under a vast body of liquid-fine moondust called the Sea of Thirst. While time runs out for the passengers and crew, rescuers find their resources stretched to the limit by the unpredictable conditions of the lunar environment. Nominated for the Hugo Award in 1963, this brilliantly imagined story of human ingenuity and survival is a tour-de-force of psychological suspense and sustained dramatic tension sure to appeal to fans of Andy Weir''s The Martian. "The best book yet about man''s most dramatic journey, the most exciting science fiction novel for years." — Evening Standard "Expertly told and cruelly exciting to the end." — The Sunday Times "Extremely good . . . with some superbly ingenious and exciting new twists." — Daily Express

This "marvelous lunar espionage thriller" by the science fiction grandmaster and author of 2001: A Space Odyssey "packs plenty of punch" (SFReviews.net). Two hundred years after landing on the Moon, mankind has moved further out into the solar system. With permanent settlements now established on the Moon, Venus, and Mars, the inhabitants of these colonies have formed a political alliance called the Federation. On the Moon, a government agent from Earth is tracking a suspected spy at a prominent observatory. His mission is complicated by the rise in tensions between Earth''s government and the Federation over access to rare heavy metals. As the agent finds himself locked in a battle for life and death on the eerie, lunar landscape, the larger conflict explodes across space, leaving mankind''s future in doubt. First published in 1955, this suspense-filled space opera by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame inductee was a significant forerunner of television hits like Star Trek and The Expanse.

The mysteries of the monoliths are revealed in this inspired conclusion to the Hugo Award–winning Space Odyssey series—"there are marvels aplenty" ( The New York Times). On an ill-fated mission to Jupiter in 2001, the mutinous supercomputer HAL sent crewmembers David Bowman and Frank Poole into the frozen void of space. Bowman''s strange transformation into a Star Child is traced through the novels 2010 and 2061. But now, a thousand years after his death, Frank Poole is brought back to life—and thrust into a world far more technically advanced than the one he left behind. Poole discovers a world of human minds interfacing directly with computers, genetically engineered dinosaur servants, and massive space elevators built around the equator. He also discovers an impending threat to humanity lurking within the enigmatic monoliths. To fight it, Poole must join forces with Bowman and HAL, now fused into one corporeal consciousness—and the only being with the power to thwart the monoliths'' mysterious creators. " 3001 is not just a page-turner, plugged in to the great icons of HAL and the monoliths, but a book of wisdom too, pithy and provocative." — New Scientist

Predating the earliest manned space mission: the first full-length science fiction novel from the acclaimed author of 2001: A Space Odyssey. First published in 1951, before the achievement of space flight, Arthur C. Clarke created this visionary tale. Renowned science fiction writer Martin Gibson joins the spaceship Ares, the world''s first interplanetary ship for passenger travel, on its maiden voyage to Mars. His mission: to report back to the home planet about the new Mars colony and the progress it has been making. In The Sands of Mars, Clarke addresses hard physical and scientific issues with aplomb—and the best scientific understanding of the times. Included are the challenges of differing air pressures, lack of oxygen, food provisions, severe weather patterns, construction on Mars, and methods of local travel—both on the surface and to the planet''s two moons. "[Clarke is] one of the truly prophetic figures of the space age." — The New Yorker

A compendium of science fiction stories filled with "high diversion, amusement and amazement" from the legendary creator of 2001: A Space Odyssey ( Los Angeles Times). In the White Hart Pub in London just north of Fleet Street, Harry Purvis holds court with his fellow writers of scientific yarns. A consummate storyteller, Harry is joined by the actual writers Samuel Youd, John Wyndham, and Clarke himself, all under pseudonyms, and all trying to outdo each other with their outlandish tales of science and invention. Inspired by the Jorkens collections by Lord Dunsany, this anthology combines elements of comedy and horror, with "sly wit and inviting prose style" and a distinctly English flavor ( AV Club). Written by a "collossus of science fiction," Tales from the White Hart is not just for fans of the genre, but for anyone who appreciates a good tall tale ( The New Yorker). "One of the most astounding imaginations ever encountered in print." — The New York Times

11 settembre, data fatidica: in quel giorno (ma nel 2077) un grosso meteorite si abbatte sulla Pianura padana, devastandola. Per evitare che disastri del genere possano ripetersi, viene approvato d''urgenza il progetto Guardia Spaziale, con il compito di catalogare e studiare l''orbita degli asteroidi nel sistema solare.

Arthur C. Clarke has been one of the most influential commentators on - and prophets of - the communications technology which has created the global village. Now, drawing partly on his own sometimes very personal writings, he provides an absorbing history and survey of modern communications. The story begins with the titanic struggles to lay transatlantic telegraph cables in the nineteenth century. Fighting against widespread scepticism, lack of funds, technical disasters and setbacks - and against the Atlantic itself, above and below the surface - the pioneers achieved the seemingly impossible and by 1858 Britain and America were linked by Telegraph. Nearly a century later, as the first transatlantic telephone cable was being laid, the technology that would rival and perhaps even supersede it was undergoing its painful birth as scientists developed the communications satellite precisely as Clarke first described in his famous 1945 article Wireless World, ''Extra-terrestrial Relays'', reprinted in this book. The rivalry between cable and satellite continued through the decades. Communication satellites (Comsats) performed even beyond the most optimistic expectations, but cable fought back with the development of the transistor. Then, in one of the most dramatic and unexpected breakthroughs in any technology, the potential of cable systems was transformed. The development of fibre optics technology meant that once more the seabeds of the world began to be draped with the newest and most sophisticated artefacts of human engineering. It is an enthralling story, filled with extraordinary events and people, and Arthur C. Clarke brings all his storytelling flair and scientific expertise to bear on it. The result is a superb combination of history, comment and challenging speculation.

First published in 1965, this brilliant, prescient book is divided into three sections: The first concerns space travel and other aspects of the new space age: how our concept of time must be modified when we travel long distances, the space seas of tomorrow, uses of the moon, how lower gravity will affect the sports of space colonists and other fascinating ideas. The second part is about communications satellites, a field in which the author has already played the role of true prophet. The third section ranges widely over the side implications of the space age - scientific meddling, the lunatic fringe and the moral obligations of scientists.

In addition to being one of Science Fiction''s greatest writers, Sir Arthur C. Clarke was also one of our foremost thinkers and visionaries, producing a number of highly readable and important non-fiction works. Report of Planet Three is a collection of 23 essays on the future of Man and his technology, including essays on space, satellite communications, the internet, alien contact, UFO debunking and relativity.

ufeffIf you want an omnibus of short fiction by Arthur C. Clarke, a Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master, then you want The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke. If you''re looking for a representative sample of Clarke''s short stories, or for some examples of the creative and extrapolative abilities that established Clarke as one of science fiction''s greatest and most important writers, then check out Tales from Planet Earth. Tales from Planet Earth ranges widely across time, but the stories are centered on our home world. Many SF writers confine their visions of earth to its flatlands, but Clarke is three-dimensional; his stories "Hate," "The Deep Range," and "The Man Who Ploughed the Sea" plunge into the ocean, while "The Cruel Sky" ascends the Himalayas. Some stories, like "The Other Tiger" and "''If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth...,’" end on chilling twists. "The Road to the Sea" spans centuries and millennia to explore how humanity''s exodus to the stars may affect the world left behind. "Hate" considers how transcendence of the Earth''s atmosphere may affect ancient enmities. "The Parasite" demonstrates a scary nastiness not usually associated with Clarke. "The Wall of Darkness" is set on an alternate-universe earth so different from ours, and "The Lion of Comarre" is set in a future so far away, that both stories feel like fantasy; but both are rigorously extrapolated from scientific theory. Two lighthearted entertainments, "The Next Tenants" and "The Man Who Ploughed the Sea," are from Tales of the White Hart. All of the stories in Tales from Planet Earth are recommended. “Here...is a collection of Arthur''s science fiction stories, science fiction dealing with science, extrapolated intelligently. How you will enjoy it!" —ISAAC ASIMOV

During World War II, as an RAF officer, Arthur C. Clarke was in charge of the first radar ''talk-down'' equipment, the Ground Controlled Approach, during its experimental trials. His novel GLIDE PATH is based on this work

"On an autumn morning in 2077, a huge ball of fire appeared in the sky over Europe. Moving at 50 kilometres a second, the meteorite crashed onto the plain of northern Italy and 600,000 people died." -- back cover.

Author of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Childhood''s End, The City and the Stars, and the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke is the most celebrated science fiction author alive. He is—with H. G. Wells, Isaac Asimov, and Robert A. Heinlein—one of the writers who define science fiction in our time. Now Clarke has cooperated in the preparation of a massive, definitive edition of his collected shorter works. From early work like "Rescue Party" and "The Lion of Comarre," through classics like "The Star," "Earthlight," "The Nine Billion Names of God," and "The Sentinel" (kernel of the later novel, and movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey), all the way to later work like "A Meeting with Medusa" and "The Hammer of God," this immense volume encapsulates one of the great SF careers of all time.

In the definitive work of his brilliant career, Clarke has collected his most prophetic nonfiction essays, lucidly demonstrating that he not only anticipated many of the 20th century''s greatest scientific innovations, but he in fact helped to shape the path to come. 16-page photo insert.

“This is a space trip that no reader will want to miss.”—Playboy Years ago, the enormous, enigmatic alien spacecraft called Rama sailed through our solar system as mind-boggling proof that life existed—or had existed—elsewhere in the universe. Now, at the dawn of the twenty-third century, another ship is discovered hurtling toward us. A crew of Earth''s best and brightest minds is assembled to rendezvous with the massive vessel. They are armed with everything we know about Raman technology and culture. But nothing can prepare them for what they are about to encounter on board Rama II: cosmic secrets that are startling, sensational—and perhaps even deadly. “Offers one surprise after another.”—The New York Times “A masterpiece . . . one of the year’s best hard SF epics.”—The Houston Post

Arthur C. Clarke’s 2061: Odyssey Three is truly a masterful elaboration on one man’s epic vision of the universe. Only rarely does a novelist weave a tapestry so compelling that it captures the imagination of the entire world. But that is precisely what Arthur C. Clarke accomplished with 2001: A Space Odyssey. It is even more unusual that an author is able to complement so well-received an invention with an equally successful sequel. But Arthur C. Clarke’s 2010: Odyssey Two enthralled a huge audience worldwide. Now, in 2061: Odyssey Three, Arthur C. Clarke revisits the most famous future ever imagined, as two expeditions into space are inextricably tangled by human necessity and the immutable laws of physics. And Heywood Floyd, survivor of two previous encounters with the mysterious monoliths, must once again confront Dave Bowman—or whatever Bowman has become—a newly independent HAL, and the power of an alien race that has decided Mankind is to play a part in the evolution of the galaxy whether it wishes to or not.

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Space Odyssey series comes a dazzling adventure of exploration and paradise lost. Just a few islands in a planetwide ocean, Thalassa was a veritable paradise—home to one of the small colonies founded centuries before by robot Mother Ships when the Sun had gone nova and mankind had fled Earth. Mesmerized by the beauty of Thalassa and overwhelmed by its vast resources, the colonists lived an idyllic existence, unaware of the monumental evolutionary event slowly taking place between their seas. . . . Then the Magellan arrived in orbit carrying one million refugees from the last, mad days on Earth. And suddenly uncertainty and change had come to the placid paradise that was Thalassa.