IMPERIAL EARTH - Softcover

Clarke, Arthur C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345352505 ISBN 13: 9780345352507

Publisher: Del Rey, 1987

Synopsis

Duncan Makenzie makes the journey from his satellite republic of Titan to Earth, as diplomatic guest at the United States's Quincentennial, observer of humanity's oldest existing civilization, and seeker after the woman he has loved for years

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Review:

Crammed with fascinating gimmicks, each novelty is utterly plausible, as if its introduction into our lives were absolutely inevitable...no one does it better than Clarke --Times Literary Supplement

Arthur C. Clarke at the height of his powers --New York Times

A polished gem... a winner --Daily Mirror

Arthur C. Clarke at the height of his powers --New York Times

A polished gem... a winner --Daily Mirror

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Del Rey
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0345352505
• ISBN 13: 9780345352507
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback