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Arthur C. Clarke (Hardcover)
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Arthur C. Clarke (Hardcover)
Series: Modern Masters of Science Fiction
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Already renowned for his science fiction and scientific nonfiction,
Arthur C. Clarke became the world's most famous science fiction
writer after the success of 2001: A Space Odyssey. He then produced
novels like Rendezvous with Rama and The Fountains of Paradise that
many regard as his finest works. Gary Westfahl closely examines
Clarke's remarkable career, ranging from his forgotten juvenilia to
the passages he completed for a final novel, The Last Theorem. As
Westfahl explains, Clarke's science fiction offered original
perspectives on subjects like new inventions, space travel,
humanity's destiny, alien encounters, the undersea world, and
religion. While not inclined to mysticism, Clarke necessarily
employed mystical language to describe the fantastic achievements
of advanced aliens and future humans. Westfahl also contradicts the
common perception that Clarke's characters were bland and
underdeveloped, arguing that these reticent, solitary individuals,
who avoid conventional relationships, represent his most
significant prediction of the future, as they embody the
increasingly common lifestyle of people in the twenty-first
century.
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