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The following was retrieved from the SF-Lovers Forum of BITNet where
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it was posted by Todd Ogasawara. It is taken from a bio/biblio sent to him
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by Clarke.
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Arthur C. Clarke, B.Sc., F.R.A.S., F.R.S.A., F.B.I.S. was born at
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Minehead, Somerset in 1917 and educated at Huish's Grammar School, Taunton.
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He joined H.M. Exchequer & Audit Department in 1936, then served in the
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RAF. While running the prototype GCA (Ground Controlled Approach) radar, he
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developed the basic theory of Communication Satellites, and published it in
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1945.
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After demobilisation, he took First Class Honours in Physics and
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Mathematics at King's College, London, which later elected him Fellow. From
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1948 to 1950 he was Assistant Editor of Physics Abstracts at the
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Institution of Electrical Engineers. He was Chairman of the British
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Interplanetary Society 1946/7, 1950/3.
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Since 1954 his interest in underwater exploration has taken him to the
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Great Barrier Reef of Australia and the Indian Ocean, and he is now a
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director of the Colombo-based Underwater Safaris.
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He has published more than seventy books and made many appearances on
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Radio and TV, most notably with Walter Cronkite on CBS during the Apollo
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missions. His 13-part "Mysterious World" and "Strange Powers" TV programmes
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have been seen worldwide.
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He is a Council Member of the Society of Authors, a Vice-President of
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the H. G. Wells Society and a member of many other Scientific and Literary
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Organisations. His honours include several Doctorates in science and
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literature, a Franklin Institute Gold medal, The Marconi Fellowship, the
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Charles A Lindbergh Award, the UNESCO-Kalinga Prize, and an Oscar
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Nomination for the Screenplay of 2001: A Space Odyssey. In 1987 he was
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invited to New Delhi to deliver the Nehru Memorial Lecture, under the
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chairmanship of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. He has also been Vikram
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Sarabhai Professor at the Physical Research Laboratories, Ahmedabad.
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His recreations include observing the Equatorial skies with a 14"
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telescope, table-tennis, diving, and playing with his Rhodesian Ridgeback
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and his six computers.
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He has lived in Sri Lanka for the past 30 years, and in 1979.
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President Jayewardene appointed him Chancellor of the University of
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Moratuwa, near Colombo, which is also the location of the government-
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established Arthur Clarke Centre for Modern Technologies, specialising in
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communications and computers.
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BOOKS BY ARTHUR C. CLARKE (as of 05 Sep 88)
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Non-Fiction
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Ascent to Orbit
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ASTOUNDING Days
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The Challenge of the Sea
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The Challenge of the Spaceship
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The Coast of Coral
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The Exploration of the Moon
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The Exploration of Space
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Going Into Space
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Interplanetary Flight
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The Making of a Moon
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Interplanetary Flight
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Profiles of the Future
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The Promise of Space
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The Reefs of Taprobane
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Report on Planet Three
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The View from Serendip
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Voice Across the Sea
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Voices From the Sky
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The Young Traveller in Space
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1984: Spring
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With Mike Wilson
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Boy Beneath the Sea
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The First Five Fathoms
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Indian Ocean Adventure
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Indian Ocean Treasure
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The Treasure of the Great Reef
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With the Editors of LIFE
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Man and Space
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With the Astronauts
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First on the Moon
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With Robert Silverberg
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Into Space
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With Chesley Bonestell
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Beyond Jupiter
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With Simon Welfare & John Fairley
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Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World
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Arthur C Clarke's World of Strange Powers
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Arthur C Clarke's Chronicles of the Strange & Mysterious
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With Peter Hyams
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The Odyssey File
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With the Editors of OMNI
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Arthur C Clarke's July 20, 2019
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Arthur Clarke has also edited:-
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The Coming of the Space Age
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Fiction (* indicates anthologies)
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*Across the Sea of Stars
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Against the Fall of Night
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Childhood's End
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The City and the Stars
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The Deep Range
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Dolphin Island
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Earthlight
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Expedition to Earth
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A Fall of Moondust
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The Fountains of Paradise
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*From the Oceans, From the Stars
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Glide Path
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Imperial Earth
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Islands in the Sky
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The Lion of Comarre
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The Lost Worlds of 2001
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A Meeting With Medusa
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*The Nine Billion Names of God
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The Other Side of the Sky
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*Prelude to Mars
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Prelude to Space
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Reach For Tomorrow
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Rendezvous with Rama
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The Sands of Mars
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The Songs of Distant Earth
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*The Sentinel
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Tales From the "White Hart"
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Tales of Ten Worlds
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The Wind from the Sun
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2001: A Space Odyssey
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2010: Odyssey Two
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2061: Odyssey Three
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U.K. Only
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*An Arthur C Clarke Omnibus
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*An Arthur C Clarke Second Omnibus
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*The Best of Arthur C Clarke
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*Four Great S.F. Novels
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*Of Time and Stars
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*2001, etc.
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With Paul Preuss
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Breaking Strain (VENUS PRIME 1)
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Maelstrom (VENUS PRIME 2)
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With Gentry Lee
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Cradle
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Science Fiction Hall of Fame, III
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Three for Tomorrow
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Time Probe
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IN PRESS/COMPLETED (as of 25 Feb 89)
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1. ASTOUNDING DAYS (Gollancz, Bantam)
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2. INMARSAT HISTORY (Introduction)
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3. VENUS PRIME III: HIDE AND SEEK (Afterword) (Paul Preuss/Avon)
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4. VENUS PRIME IV: MEDUSA (Afterword)
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5. VENUS PRIME V: JUPITER FIVE (Afterword)
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6. CRADLE (Movie treatment - Peter Guber)
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7. TALES FROM PLANET EARTH (Bantam/Preiss)
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8. FIRST CONTACT (New American Library/Preiss)
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CONTRACTED
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9. RAMA II (with Gentry Lee - Bantam/Gollancz)
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10. THE GARDEN OF RAMA (with Gentry Lee - Bantam 90)
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11. RAMA REVEALED (with Gentry Lee - Bantam 91) "
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12. THE GHOST FROM THE GRAND BANKS (Gollancz: delivery 90)
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13. VENUS PRIME VI (Avon/Preiss)
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14. CONVOCATION ADDRESS: "The Colours of Infinity"
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15. A.C.C.'s CENTURY OF MYSTERIES (Fairley/Welfare - Collins)
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16. BEYOND THE FALL OF NIGHT (Gregory Benford/Putnam)
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17. BIOGRAPHY (Neil McAleer/Contemporary Books)
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MOVIE/TV OPTIONS
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18. A FALL OF MOONDUST (Griffin/Paramount)
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19. THE SONGS OF DISTANT EARTH (Michael Phillips)
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20. THE FOUNTAINS OF PARADISE (Robert Swarthe)
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21. CRADLE (Warner/Guber)
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22. CHILDHOOD'S END (Universal)
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