Arthur C. Clarke

This book contains 26 of the greatest science fiction stories ever written. They represent the considered verdict of the Science Fiction Writers of America....

The sequel to Rendezvous with Rama: the only SF novel to sweep all SF awards and one of the best sellers of all time....

In the year 2130 a mysterious spaceship, Rama, arrived in the solar system. It was huge, but empty - apparently abandoned....

Twenty-seven years later, the Firstborn are back....

From the savannas of Africa at the dawn of mankind to the rings of Saturn as man adventures to the outer rim of our solar system, 2001: A Space Odyssey is a journey unlike any other....

For eons, Earth has been under observation by the Firstborn, beings almost as old as the universe itself....

When the silent spacecraft arrived and took the light from the world, no one knew what to expect....

Men had built cities before, but never such a city as Diaspar; for millennia its protective dome shut out the creeping decay and danger of the world outside....

Time is running out for the passengers and crew of the tourist cruiser Selene, incarcerated in a sea of choking lunar dust....

Arthur C Clarke is without question the world's best-known and most celebrated science-fiction writer. His career, spanning more than 60 years, is one of unequalled success....

Returned to the Earth of 2037 by the Firstborn, mysterious beings of almost limitless technological prowess, Bisesa Dutt is haunted by the memories of her five years spent on the strange alternate Earth....

Heywood Floyd, survivor of two previous encounters with the mysterious monloiths, must again confront Dave Bowman, HAL, and an alien race....

In the 22nd century visionary scientist Vannevar Morgan conceives the most grandiose engineering project of all time....

At first, only a few things are known about the celestial object that astronomers dub Rama....

It is the 21st century, and on Mars a dedicated group of pioneers - among them some of Earth's finest brains - struggle to change the face of the planet....

Years after the appearance in the solar system of the immense, deserted spaceship, Rama, a second craft arrived....

From Ellison to Clarke to Merrill, hear a dozen unabridged science-fiction short stories, considered the best...

Arthur C Clarke is without question the world’s best-known and most celebrated science fiction writer....

In 3001: The Final Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke brings the greatest and most successful science fiction series of all time to its magnificent, stunningly unforeseen conclusion....

Watch out - the Earth just fell into a dark sun's orbit! Or maybe you'd rather visit a theme park called Hell? These are just two of the strange and unnerving tales you'll find in this collection....