Arthur C. Clarke
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CLARKE, ARTHUR C., 1917 to 2008

Arthur C. Clarke

British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist.

Books
36
Editions tracked
56
First editions
31
Nationality
United Kingdom

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Earliest first editionThe Sands of MarsSidgwick & Jackson, 1951 Most editions tracked20012 editions
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  1. 1951The Sands of MarsSidgwick & Jackson
  2. 1952Islands in the SkySidgwick & Jackson
  3. 1953Childhood's EndBallantine Books
  4. 1955EarthlightBallantine Books
  5. 1956The City and the StarsMuller
  6. 1956Reach for TomorrowBallantine Books
  7. 1957Deep RangeHarcourt, Brace
  8. 1961A Fall of MoondustGollancz
  9. 1962Profiles of the FutureV. Gollancz
  10. 1963Dolphin IslandGollancz
  11. 19682001Hutchinson
  12. 1971The Lost Worlds of 2001Signet
  13. 1972The Wind from the SunHarcourt Brace Jovanovich
  14. 1973Rendezvous with RamaGollancz
  15. 1974Nine Billion NamesRoc
  16. 1975Imperial EarthGollancz
  17. 1979The Fountains of ParadiseHarcourt Brace Jovanovich
  18. 19822010Granada
  19. 1983The SentinelBerkley
  20. 1986The Songs of Distant EarthGrafton
  21. 19872061, odyssey threeBallantine Books
  22. 1988CradleV. Gollancz
  23. 1989Rama IIGollancz
  24. 1990The Ghost from the Grand BanksV. Gollancz
  25. 1991The Garden of RamaVictor Gollancz
  26. 1993Rama RevealedVictor Gollancz
  27. 1993The Hammer of GodV. Gollancz
  28. 19973001HarperCollins
  29. 2000The Light of Other DaysVoyager
  30. 2005SunstormGollancz
  31. 2008The Last TheoremHarperCollins
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Arthur C. Clarke was born in 1917 and died in 2008.

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We track 36 books by Arthur C. Clarke across 56 editions, 31 of them first editions.

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