The other side of the sky (Corgi SF collector's library) - Softcover

Arthur Charles Clarke

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9780552097055: The other side of the sky (Corgi SF collector's library)

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ISBN 10: 0552097055 ISBN 13: 9780552097055

Publisher: Corgo, 1974

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SCIENCE FICTION-COLLECTION OF 24 STORIES-THE NINE BILLION NAMES OF GOD,REFUGEE,SPECIAL DELIVERY,FEATHERED FRIEND,TAKE A DEEP BREATH,FREEDOM OF SPACE,PASSER-BY,THE CALL OF THE STARS,THE WALL OF DARKNESS,SECURITY CHECK,NO MORNING AFTER,THE STARTING LINE,ROBIN HOOD,F.R.S.,GREEN FINGERS,ALL THAT GLITTERS,WATCH THIS SPACE,A QUESTION OF RESIDENCE,PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN,ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD,COSMIC CASANOVA,THE STAR,OUT OF THE SUN,TRANSCIENCE,THE SONGS OF DISTANT EARTH.

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Book Description:

A collection of 24 stories by �One of the truly prophetic figures of the space age� (New Yorker).

About the Author:

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.

To discover more about how the legacy of Sir Arthur is being honoured today, please visit http://www.clarkefoundation.org

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