For sentimental reasons, I guess The Wind From the Sun, Childhoods End, The Sands of Mars and the novella Beyond the Fall of Night would b my favorite A. C. Clarke--of course many know Clarke as the author of 2001: a Space Odyssey, here are some other Clarke recommendations--Fountains of Paradise, Islands in the Sky, The 9 Billion Names of God and The Deep Range I also hear the Rama books r great but haven't read them--Clarke IS obviously, 1 of the great masters of Sci-Fi!!! Selected Reading List: INTERPLANETARY SPACE, 1950 THE EXPLORATION OF SPACE, 1951 PRELUDE TO SPACE, 1951 THE SANDS OF MARS, 1951 ISLANDS IN THE SKY, 1952 CHILDHOOD' END, 1953 EXPEDITION TO EARTH, 1953 (includes the short story The Sentinel) THE EXPLORATION OF MOON, 1954 THE YOUNG TRAVELER IN SPACE,1954 EARTHLIGHT, 1955 THE COAST OF CHORAL, 1956 THE CITY AND THE STARS, 1956 THE DEEP RANGE, 1957 THE MAKING OF THE MOON, 1957 THE REEFS OF TABROBANE, 1957 TALES FROM THE WHITE HART, 1957 THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SKY, 1958 BOY BENEATH THE SEA, 1958 VOICE ACROSS THE SEA, 1958 ACROSS THE SEA OF STARS, 1959 THE CHALLENGE OF THE SEA, 1960 THE CHALLENGE OF THE SPACESHIP, 1960 THE FIRST FIVE FATHOMS, 1960 A FALL OF MOONDUST, 1961 FROM THE OCEANS, FROM THE STARS, 1962 REACH FOR TOMORROW, 1962 TALES FROM TEN WORLDS, 1962 INDIAN OCEAN ADVENTURE, 1962 PROFILES OF THE FUTURE, 1962 DOLPHIN ISLAND, 1963 GLIDE PATH, 1963 THE TREASURE OF THE GREAT REEF, 1964 MAN AND SPACE, 1964 VOICES FROM THE SKY, 1965 PRELUDE TO MARS, 1965 THE NINE BILLION NAMES OF GOD, 1967 ed.: THE COMING OF THE AGE, 1967 ed.: TIME PROBE, 1967 A SECOND ARTHUR C. CLARKE OMNIBUS, 1968 THE PROMISE OF THE SKY, 1968 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, 1968 - film 1968, dir. by Stanley Kubrick GLIDE PATH, 1969 THE LION OF COMARRE AND AGAINST THE FALL OF THE NIGHT, 1970 FIRST ON THE MOON, 1970 MEETING WITH MEDUSA, 1971 OF TIME AND STARS, 1972 THE WIND FROM THE SUN, 1972 BEYOND JUPITER, 1972 INDIAN OCEAN TREASURE, 1972 INTO SPACE, 1972 THE LOST WORLDS OF 2001, 1972 REPORT ON PLANET THREE, 1972 RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA, 1973 IMPERIAL EARTH: A FANTASY OF LOVE AND DISCORD, 1975 THE VIEW FROM SERENDIP, 1977 THE FOUNTAINS OF PARADISE, 1979 ARTHUR C. CLARKE'S MYSTERIOUS WORLD, 1980 2010: ODYSSEY TWO, 1980 - film 1984, dir. by Peter Hyams ASCENT TO ORBIT: A SCIENTIFIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY, 1984 ARTHUR C. CLARKE'S WORLD OF STRANGE POWERS, 1985 (with Simon Welfare and John Fairley) ODYSSEY FILE, 1985 (with Peter Hyams) SELECTED WORKS, 1985 ed.: ARTHUR C. CLARKE'S JULY 20, 2019, 1986 THE SONGS OF DISTANT EARTH, 1986 2061: ODYSSEY THREE, 1987 ARTHUR C. CLARKE'S CHRONICLES OF THE STRANGE AND MYSTERIOUS, 1987 CRADLE, 1988 (with Gentry Lee) - RAMA II, 1989 (with Gentry Lee) TALES FROM THE PLANET EARTH, 1989 ASTOUNDING DAYS: A SCIENCE FICTION AUTOBIOGRAPHY, 1989 THE GHOST FROM THE GRAND BANKS, 1990 PROJECT SOLAR SAIL, 1990 (ed.) THE GARDEN OF RAMA, 1991 (with Gentry Lee) THE GHOST FROM THE GRAND BANKS, 1991 THE FANTASTIC MUSE, 1992 HOW THE WORLD WAS ONE, 1992 BY SPACE POSSESSED, 1993 THE HAMMER OF GOD, 1993 RAMA REVEALED, 1993 ed.: First Men in the Moon by H.G. Wells, 1993 ed.: War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, 1993 ARTHUR C. CLARKE'S A-Z OF MYSTERIES, 1994 (with Simon Welfare and John Fairley) 3001: THE FINAL ODYSSEY, 1996 GREETINGS, CARBON-BASED BIPEDS!, 1999 (ed. by Ian MacAuley) THE TRIGGER, 2000 (with Michael Kube-McDowell The power of ahimsa is not just the readiness to die. It is the willingness to live. To live utterly without fear - this is a fearsome thing. <i>Edited by: danlo60 at: 3/1/03 2:15:01 pm </i>
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