Across the Sea of Stars
by Arthur C. Clarke
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Eighteen of Clarke's finest short stories including "Encounter at Dawn", "The Sentinel", "Jupiter Five", & "Time's Arrow"Tags
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I checked this book out of the library to read "Childhood's End". The review (and rating) therefore is for that novel only.
I've found myself reading a lot of "real world" fiction over the recent years, and every time I pick up a science fiction book I find myself disappointed by the comparatively poor characterization and adolescent power trips. This story however assures me that not all of my fond memories of science fiction is teen nostalgia; great stories really are out there.
Although none of the characters in Childhood's End were very memorable, the story concept more than made up for it. And the story did not feel dated at all to me, despite being over half a century old.
Childhood's End filled me, a jaded adult, with a sense of show more wonder I haven't felt in a long long time. Highest recommendation. show less
I've found myself reading a lot of "real world" fiction over the recent years, and every time I pick up a science fiction book I find myself disappointed by the comparatively poor characterization and adolescent power trips. This story however assures me that not all of my fond memories of science fiction is teen nostalgia; great stories really are out there.
Although none of the characters in Childhood's End were very memorable, the story concept more than made up for it. And the story did not feel dated at all to me, despite being over half a century old.
Childhood's End filled me, a jaded adult, with a sense of show more wonder I haven't felt in a long long time. Highest recommendation. show less
an omnibus containing the complete novels of Childhood's end and Earthlight and eighteen short
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Arthur C. Clarke was born in Minehead, Somerset, England, on December 16, 1917. During World War II, he served as a radar specialist in the RAF. His first published piece of fiction was Rescue Party and appeared in Astounding Science, May 1946. He graduated from King's College in London with honors in physics and mathematics, and worked in show more scientific research before turning his attention to writing fiction. His first book, Prelude to Space, was published in 1951. He is best known for his book 2001: A Space Odyssey, which was later turned into a highly successful and controversial film under the direction of Stanley Kubrick. His other works include Childhood's End, Rendezvous with Rama, The Garden of Rama, The Snows of Olympus, 2010: A Space Odyssey II, 2062: Odyssey III, and 3001: The Final Odyssey. During his lifetime, he received at least three Hugo Awards and two Nebula Awards. He died of heart failure on March 19, 2008 at the age of 90. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Dedication
- To Len and Lois for seeing that I never have a dull moment in Chicago
- First words
- The next time you see the full moon high in the south, look carefully at its right-hand edge and let your eye travel upward along the curve of the disk.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)For above him, beyond the roof of Central City, the inexhaustible wealth of the Moon was flowing outward across space, to all the planets Man now called his own.
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