Name: Earthlight (Golden age Masterworks)
Price: 8.53 EUR
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Author: Arthur Clarke
ISBN: 9781473222373

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Physical Book

Author

Arthur Clarke

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Gateway

Synopsis "Earthlight (Golden age Masterworks) "

The time: 200 years after man's first landing on the Moon. There are permanent populations established on the Moon, Venus and Mars. Outer space inhabitants have formed a new political entity, the Federation, and between the Federation and Earth a growing rivalry has developed. EARTHLIGHT is the story of this emerging conflict.Two centuries from now there may be men who do not owe allegiance to any nation on Earth, or even to Earth itself. This brilliant story tells of a time when man stands upon the moon and the planets, tells of men now divided by the vast stretches of the Solar System but once again torn by jealousy and fear. With vaulting imagination Arthur C. Clarke describes life on the strange, awe-inspiring surface of the moon, scene of a most fantastic and exciting contest of arms.

Arthur Clarke

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For Isaac Asimov, he was "the most accurate predictor of the future". Arthur C. Clarke (December 16, 1917, Minehead - March 19, 2008, Colombo, Sri Lanka) English writer and scientist worked as an educational auditor after graduating. During World War II, he specialized in radar at the RAF and later studied Mathematics and Physics at King’s College London.

He was president of the British Interplanetary Society and assistant editor at Science Abstracts before dedicating himself entirely to writing in 1951. He lived in Sri Lanka from 1956 until his death. Several of his works, such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, were successfully adapted into films.

Awarded as a Knight of the British Empire, he also received awards such as the Nebula, the Hugo (twice), and the Locus. He wrote both scientific and science fiction books, highlighting 2001 (and its sequels), Rendezvous with Rama, The Sands of Mars, and The Songs of Distant Earth, among others.

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