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Arthur C. Clarke

Author: Gary Westfahl
Publisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2018]
Series: Modern masters of science fiction.
Edition/Format:  eBook : Document : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Genre/Form: Biographies
Livres numériques
Biography
Named Person: Arthur C Clarke; Arthur C Clarke
Material Type: Document, Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors: Gary Westfahl
ISBN: 0252050630 9780252050633
OCLC Number: 1129858519
Description: 1 ressource en ligne (217 pages).
Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Biographical Sketch; Chapter 2 Jocular Juvenilia; Chapter 3 Marvelous Machines; Chapter 4 The Conquest of Space; Chapter 5 Human Destinies; Chapter 6 Alien Encounters; Chapter 7 Under the Sea; Chapter 8 Future Faiths; Chapter 9 The Solitary Observer; Conclusion; Appendix: Clarke's "Collaborations" with Other Authors; An Arthur C. Clarke Bibliography; Bibliography of SecondarySources; Index.
Series Title: Modern masters of science fiction.
Responsibility: Gary Westfahl.

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"Gary Westfahl's compact critical biography closely yet succinctly examines everything from Clarke's British childhood through his last years on the island of Sri Lanka, his juvenilia through the Read more...

 
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