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Listing books by Arthur C. Clarke

Full title	Childhood's End ^[permalink]
Language	English
Author	Arthur C. Clarke (author)
Publisher	Tor Books
Categories	Novel and science fiction
Publication year	2010
Original publication year	1954
ISBN	978-0-330-51401-9 ^{[Amazon, B&N, Abe, Powell's]}
Pages	256
Synopsis	The novel starts abruptly with two scenes of American and Russian astronauts preparing to embark on their different (irrelevant) missions, only to be halted by the sudden appearance of starships above major cities of the Earth. It's explained in short order how these benevolent aliens manage, in only a few years, to clean up our mess. War, disease, and want are all things of the past, and humanity now lives in peace with itself. Eventually the aliens make themselves and their plans known...
Review	This novel is considered by many Clarke fans to be his best (even Clarke himself considered it that, along with The Songs of Distant Earth), and I'll have to tentatively agree (the final verdict will have to wait until I've read more of Clarke's work). The story is engaging and spans many decades, the characters are interesting, the aliens' motives understandable (and even sympathetic), the pacing is good... The only complaint I have is that I wished it was longer. It feels like there should be more to this story! Definitely go pick this up!
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Full title	The City and the Stars ^[permalink]
Language	English
Author	Arthur C. Clarke (author)
Publisher	Victor Gollancz Ltd
Categories	Novel and science fiction
Publisher series	SF Masterworks
Publication year	2001
Original publication year	1956
ISBN	978-1-857-98763-8 ^{[Amazon, B&N, Abe, Powell's]}
Pages	255
Synopsis	The story takes place on Earth several billion years in the future. It revolves around the huge city of Diaspar, which has cloistered itself under an artificial roof. No one can leave the city, and no one even wants to. People are no longer born naturally, but emerge from the Hall of Creation. They live for centuries, and when they decide it's time to "die" they simply choose which memories they wish to keep, and are then stored in the Memory Banks, to return centuries later from the Hall of Creation. These Memory Banks also house the patterns for everything in the city (buildings, furniture, what have you) so that when one wishes something (a chair, for instance), one simply asks for it and it will materialize. As a by-product, nothing ever wears down; the city (and its inhabitants) are practically immortal. Into this mix emerges Alvin, a Unique (meaning it's his first life). These aren't unheard of, but they're very rare. The story is really about Alvin and his adventures to unravel the secrets of the city's (and Earth's) mysterious and myth-laden past.
Review	I thorougly enjoyed it. If I have one complaint it's that I wish we learned more about the Invaders, but this doesn't detract from the story (for reasons which I won't go into due to the spoiler potential).
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Full title	The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke ^[permalink]
Language	English
Author	Arthur C. Clarke (author)
Publisher	Victor Gollancz Ltd
Categories	Anthology, science fiction and short stories
Publication year	2001
ISBN	978-1-85798-323-4 ^{[Amazon, B&N, Abe, Powell's]}
Pages	966
Synopsis	A collection of virtually every short story of Arthur C. Clarke. See Structure for links to some of them.
Review	The stories are of varying quality, although most are very good (and some are truly excellent). As this is a compilation, it's hard to give a verdict, but I definitely recommend it to you if you're a Clarke fan.
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Structure	[Toggle visibility] Travel by Wire! How We Went to Mars Retreat from Earth Reverie The Awakening Whacky Loophole Rescue Party Technical Error Castaway The Fires Within Inheritance Nightfall History Lesson Transience The Wall of Darkness The Lion of Comarre The Forgotten Enemy Hide-and-Seek Breaking Strain Nemesis Guardian Angel Time's Arrow A Walk in the Dark Silence Please Trouble with the Natives The Road to the Sea The Sentinel Holiday On the Moon Earthlight Second Dawn Superiority 'If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth...' All the Time in the World The Nine Billion Names of God The Possessed The Parasite Jupiter Five Encounter In the Dawn The Other Tiger Publicity Campaign Armaments Race The Deep Range No Morning After Big Game Hunt Patent Pending Refugee The Star What Goes Up Venture to the Moon The Pacifist The Reluctant Orchid Moving Spirit The Defenestration of Ermintrude Inch The Ultimate Melody The Next Tenants Cold War Sleeping Beauty Security Check The Man Who Ploughed the Sea Critical Mass The Other Side of the Sky Let There Be Light Out of the Sun Cosmic Casanova The Songs of Distant Earth A Slight Case of Sunstroke Who's There? Out of the Cradle, Endlessly Orbiting... I Remember Babylon Trouble With Time Into the Comet Summertime on Icarus Saturn Rising Death and the Senator Before Eden Hate Love That Universe Dog Star Maelstrom II An Ape About the House The Shining Ones The Secret Dial F for Frankenstein The Wind from the Sun The Food of the Gods The Last Command The Light of Darkness The Longest Science-Fiction Story Ever Told Playback The Cruel Sky Herbert George Morley Roberts Wells, Esq. Crusade Neutron Tide Reunion Transit of Earth A Meeting With Medusa Quarantine siseneG The Steam-Powered Word Processor On Golden Seas The Hammer of God The Wire Continuum (with Stephen Baxter) Improving the Neighbourhood

Full title	Cradle ^[permalink]
Language	English
Authors	Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee
Publisher	Orbit Books
Categories	Novel and science fiction
Publication year	1989
Original publication year	1988
ISBN	0-7088-4318-2 ^{[Amazon, B&N, Abe, Powell's]}
Pages	374
Synopsis	This novel primarily follows three people: Carol Dawson, a journalist for the Miami Herald; Nick Williams, a diver, adventurer, and boat owner; and his partner, Troy Williams. Carol, interested in a curious incident of a beached whale and a rumour about a submerged Navy missile, decides to enlist the help of Nick and Troy.
Review	Unfortunately, this novel isn't so much science fiction as thriller and drama, which was a little disappointing. It would make a good movie I think, but as a novel the story isn't driven forward as it should, there is too much characterization (without meaning), and the ending fell absolutely flat for me. You can safely skip this one.
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Full title	Discoveries ^[permalink]
Language	English
Authors	Alan Lothian (introduction), Arthur C. Clarke, Bob Shaw, Greg Bear, Ian McDonald, Ian Watson, Mike McQuay, Paul J. McAuley, Robert Holdstock and Tricia Sullivan
Publisher	Victor Gollancz Ltd
Categories	Anthology, science fiction and short stories
Publication year	1995
ISBN	0-575-06258-4 ^{[Amazon, B&N, Abe, Powell's]}
Pages	190
Synopsis	I can't remember where I got this book, but I reckon it's pretty rare to come across as it's not normally sold, but was given away free with the October 1995 issue of BBC Focus. It's an anthology of short science fiction stories from budding British authors.
Review	A few of the stories fell flat, but some are good (I really enjoyed Blood Music). If you happen to come across it, you might want to buy it, if only for its rarity.
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Structure	[Toggle visibility] Introduction Prison Dreams Paul J. McAuley Blood Music Greg Bear The Charisma Trees Robert Holdstock Dark Night in Toyland Bob Shaw Virtually Lucid Lucy Ian Watson Morpheus Tricia Sullivan Winning Ian McDonald extract from Richter 10 Arthur C. Clarke and Mike McQuay

Full title	Expedition to Earth ^[permalink]
Language	English
Author	Arthur C. Clarke (author)
Publisher	Ballantine Books
Categories	Anthology, science fiction and short stories
Publication year	1982
Original publication year	1953
ISBN	0-345-31057-8 ^{[Amazon, B&N, Abe, Powell's]}
Pages	165
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Structure	[Toggle visibility] Second Dawn "If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth..." Breaking Strain History Lesson Superiority Exile of the Eons Hide and Seek Expedition to Earth Loophole Inheritance The Sentinel

Full title	A Fall of Moondust ^[permalink]
Language	English
Author	Arthur C. Clarke (author)
Publisher	Victor Gollancz Ltd
Categories	Novel and science fiction
Publisher series	SF Masterworks
Publication year	2002
Original publication year	1961
ISBN	978-0-575-07317-3 ^{[Amazon, B&N, Abe, Powell's]}
Pages	224
Synopsis	It's the near future, and the Moon is a place for tourism. The novel opens with Pat Harris, skipper of the boat Selene, enjoying a cruise with his two-dozen-or-so passengers across the (fictional) Sea of Thirst. At the time of the novel's writing in 1960 it was reasonably assumed that the so-called "seas" of the Moon consisted of very fine dust. Selene, therefore, was imagined as a ship capable of crossing these seas. However, like an ant falling into an antlion's trap (the analogy is one of the character's), Selene sinks into the Sea of Thirst, and the rest of the novel is concerned with, alternately, the people aboard, the search party above, and the various other interested parties (TV crews, overseers, and what have you).
Review	An immensely gripping novel! To call it science fiction is technically correct, but the SF serves merely as the backdrop for the human drama. And what a drama it is! Go pick this up!
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Full title	Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales ^[permalink]
Language	English
Authors	Groff Conklin (editor), Isaac Asimov (editor), A. E. van Vogt, Alan Bloch, Alan E. Nourse, Alan Nelson, Albert Hernhuter, Anthony Boucher, Arthur C. Clarke, Arthur Feldman, Arthur Porges, Avro Manhattan, C. M. Kornbluth, Cleve Cartmill, Damon Knight, David Grinnell, Edward G. Robles, Edward Grendon, Eric Frank Russell, Evelyn E. Smith, Frank M. Robinson, Fredric Brown, Fritz Leiber, H. B. Hickey, Howard Schoenfeld, Idris Seabright, Jack Finney, James Causey, James H. Schmitz, John D. MacDonald, John Lewis, John P. McKnight, Karen Anderson, Lion Miller, Mack Reynolds, Marion Gross, Mildred Clingerman, Peter Cartur, Poul Anderson, Ralph Williams, Robert A. Heinlein, Robert Sheckley, Roger Dee, S. Fowler Wright, Stuart Friedman, T. P. Caravan, Theodore Sturgeon, W. Hilton-Young, Walt Sheldon, Will Stanton, William Tenn and Winston K. Marks
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Categories	Anthology, science fiction and short stories
Publication year	1963
ISBN	0-684-84296-3 ^{[Amazon, B&N, Abe, Powell's]}
Pages	287
Synopsis	Fifty short-short stories from fifty different authors are collected here.
Review	Almost all of the stories are truly excellent, and I have transcribed some of the best ones and put them on my Short Stories page (Men Are Different, Texas Week, The Haunted Space Suit, and Counter Charm). Go there for a sample before you buy the book. (You will buy it, remember.)
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Structure	[Toggle visibility] Prelude: Ballade of an Artificial Satellite — Poul Anderson The Fun They Had — Isaac Asimov Men Are Different — Alan Block The Ambassadors — Anthony Boucher The Weapon — Fredric Brown Random Sample — T. P. Caravan Oscar — Cleve Cartmill The Mist — Peter Cartur Teething Ring — James Causey The Haunted Space Suit — Arthur C. Clarke Stair Trick — Mildred Clingerman Unwelcome Tenant — Roger Dee The Mathematicians — Arthur Feldman The Third Level — Jack Finney Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful! — Stuart Friedman The Figure — Edward Grendon The Rag Thing — David Grinnell The Good Provider — Marion Gross Columbus Was a Dope — Robert A. Heinlein Texas Week — Albert Hernhuter Hilda — H. B. Hickey The Choice — W. Hilton-Young Not with a Bang — Damon Knight The Altar at Midnight — C. M. Kornbluth A Bad Day for Sales — Fritz Leiber Who's Cribbing? — Jack Lewis Spectator Sport — John D. MacDonald The Cricket Ball — Avro Manhattan Double-Take — Winston K. Marks Prolog — John P. McKnight The Available Data on the Worp Reaction — Lion Miller Narapoia — Alan Nelson Tiger by the Tail — Alan E. Nourse Counter Charm — Peter Phillips The Fly — Arthur Porges The Business, As Usual — Mack Reynolds Two Weeks in August — Frank M. Robinson See? — Edward G. Robles, Jr. Appointment at Noon — Eric Frank Russell We Don't Want Any Trouble — James H. Schmitz Built Down Logically — Howard Schoenfeld An Egg a Month from All Over — Idris Seabright The Perfect Woman — Robert Sheckley The Hunters — Walt Sheldon The Martian and the Magician — Evelyn E. Smith Barney — Will Stanton Talent — Theodore Sturgeon Project Hush — William Tenn The Great Judge — A. E. Van Vogt Emergency Landing — Ralph Williams Obviously Suicide — S. Fowler Wright Postlude: Six Haiku — Karen Anderson

Full title	Imperial Earth ^[permalink]
Language	English
Author	Arthur C. Clarke (author)
Publisher	Vista
Categories	Novel and science fiction
Publication year	1997
Original publication year	1975
ISBN	0-575-60158-2 ^{[Amazon, B&N, Abe, Powell's]}
Pages	287
Synopsis	The year is 2276, and the furthest world colonized by mankind is Titan, the largest moon of Saturn (and one of the largest in the Solar System). Titan is home to a quarter of a million people, selected for intelligence, endurance, and any other characteristic necessary for such a mission. Among them is a powerful political trio, Malcolm Makenzie (the "grandfather"), Colin Makenzie (the "father"), and Duncan Makenzie (the "son"), Colin being a clone of Malcolm, and Duncan in turn being a clone of Colin. Duncan is sent as an emissary to Earth for the fourth Centennial of the United States. The bulk of the novel follows Duncan on his adventures on Earth.
Review	A good novel, but not excellent; the end of the book doesn't tie up enough loose ends, and the book is more about politics than science fiction. Not necessarily a bad thing, but I felt sort of cheated. I'll still recommend it. There's a wonderful scene where Duncan's grandmother presents him with a set of pentominoes made of Titanite (a crystal native to Titan) and a ten-by-six box into which to fit the pieces (see the Wikipedia article for solutions).
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Structure	[Toggle visibility] I — TITAN 1 A Shriek in the Night 2 Dynasty 3 Invitation to a Centennial 4 The Red Moon 5 The Politics of Time and Space 6 By the Bonny, Bonny Banks of Loch Hellbrew 7 A Cross of Titanite 8 Children of the Corridors 9 The Fatal Gift 10 World's End II — TRANSIT 11 Sirius 12 Last Words 13 The Longest Voyage 14 Songs of Empire 15 At the Node 16 Port Van Allen III — TERRA 17 Washington, D.C. 18 Embassy 19 Mount Vernon 20 The Taste of Honey 21 Calindy 22 The Ghost from the Grand Banks 23 Akhenaten and Cleopatra 24 Party Games 25 The Rivals 26 The Island of Dr Mohammed 27 Golden Reef 28 Sleuth 29 Star Day 30 A Message from Titan 31 The Eye of Allah 32 Meeting at Cyclops 33 The Listeners 34 Business and Desire 35 Argus Panoptes 36 Independence Day 37 The Mirror of the Sea IV — TITAN 38 Homecoming Acknowledgements and Notes

Full title	The Nine Billion Names of God ^[permalink]
Language	English
Author	Arthur C. Clarke (author)
Publisher	Signet Books
Categories	Anthology and science fiction
Publication year	1974
Pages	240
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Structure	[Toggle visibility] Introduction The Nine Billion Names of God I Remember Babylon Trouble with Time Rescue Party The Curse Summertime on Icarus Dog Star Hide and Seek Out of the Sun The Wall of Darkness No Morning After The Possessed Death and the Senator Who's There? Before Eden Superiority A Walk in the Dark The Call of the Stars The Reluctant Orchid Encounter at Dawn "If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth..." Patent Pending The Sentinel Transience The Star

Full title	The Songs of Distant Earth ^[permalink]
Language	English
Author	Arthur C. Clarke (author)
Publisher	HarperCollins
Categories	Novel and science fiction
Publication year	1998
Original publication year	1986
ISBN	0-586-06623-3 ^{[Amazon, B&N, Abe, Powell's]}
Pages	238
Synopsis	The Earth is swallowed in the explosion of the Sun in the year 3620, and the novel begins with the landing of the starship Magellan on the now-colonized planet of Thalassa, a world covered almost entirely in ocean except for three closely linked islands. They need to repair their ship for their upcoming journey to their real destination, a planet called Sagan 2, which, with their millions of colonists in cryo-sleep, they hope to colonize. Almost the entirety of the novel takes place on Thalassa.
Review	A very beautiful novel full of memorable scenes. (The lifting of the kilometer-wide hexagonal ice blocks for the ship's shield comes to mind.) The pacing is good, the characters are well-developed, and the writing is excellent (but then again, this is a Clarke novel).
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Structure	[Toggle visibility] Author's Note I THALASSA 1 The Beach at Tarna 2 The Little Neutral One 3 Village Council 4 Tocsin 5 Night Ride II MAGELLAN 6 Planetfall 7 Lords of the Last Days 8 Remembrance of Love Lost 9 The Quest for Superspace III SOUTH ISLAND 10 First Contact 11 Delegation 12 Heritage 13 Task Force 14 Mirissa 15 Terra Nova 16 Party Games 17 Chain of Command 18 Kumar 19 Pretty Polly 20 Idyll IV KRAKAN 21 Academy 22 Krakan 23 Ice Day 24 Archive 25 Scorp 26 Snowflake Rising 27 Mirror of the Past 28 The Sunken Forest 29 Sabra 30 Child of Krakan V THE BOUNTY SYNDROME 31 Petition 32 Clinic 33 Tides 34 Shipnet 35 Convalescence 36 Kilimanjaro 37 In Vino Veritas 38 Debate 39 The Leopard in the Snows 40 Confrontation 41 Pillow Talk 42 Survivor 43 Interrogation VI THE FORESTS OF THE SEA 44 Spyball 45 Bait 46 Whatever Gods May Be ... VII AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARD 47 Ascension 48 Decision 49 Fire on the Reef VIII THE SONGS OF DISTANT EARTH 50 Shield of Ice 51 Relic 52 The Songs of Distant Earth 53 The Golden Mask 54 Valediction 55 Departure 56 Below the Interface IX SAGAN 2 57 The Voices of Time Chronology Bibliographical Note Acknowledgements

Full title	Rendezvous with Rama ^[permalink]
Language	English
Author	Arthur C. Clarke (author)
Publisher	Bantam Books
Categories	Novel and science fiction
Series	Rama (1/4)
Publication year	1990
Original publication year	1972
ISBN	0-553-28789-3 ^{[Amazon, B&N, Abe, Powell's]}
Pages	243
Synopsis	A large cylindrical object is spinning so fast through the solar system that humans want to take a look at it before it whizzes past them. They dispatch the Endeavour to intersect its orbit and quickly discover that the cylinder is a spaceship of some kind designed by an intelligent species. Once they make it aboard Rama, the crew meticulously describe the interior of it and you should eventually get a really good feel for its construction. The novel details the crew's discoveries aboard Rama.
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Structure	[Toggle visibility] Chapter 1 * Spaceguard Chapter 2 * Intruder Chapter 3 * Rama and Sita Chapter 4 * Rendezvous Chapter 5 * First EVA Chapter 6 * Committee Chapter 7 * Two Wives Chapter 8 * Through the Hub Chapter 9 * Reconnaissance Chapter 10 * Descent into Darkness Chapter 11 * Men, Women, and Monkeys Chapter 12 * The Stairway of the Gods Chapter 13 * The Plain of Rama Chapter 14 * Storm Warning Chapter 15 * The Edge of the Sea Chapter 16 * Kealakekua Chapter 17 * Spring Chapter 18 * Dawn Chapter 19 * A Warning from Mercury Chapter 20 * Book of Revelation Chapter 21 * After the Storm Chapter 22 * To Sail the Cylindrical Sea Chapter 23 * N.Y., Rama Chapter 24 * Dragonfly Chapter 25 * Maiden Flight Chapter 26 * The Voice of Rama Chapter 27 * Electric Wind Chapter 28 * Icarus Chapter 29 * First Contact Chapter 30 * The Flower Chapter 31 * Terminal Velocity Chapter 32 * The Wave Chapter 33 * Spider Chapter 34 * His Excellency Regrets... Chapter 35 * Special Delivery Chapter 36 * Biot Watcher Chapter 37 * Missile Chapter 38 * General Assembly Chapter 39 * Command Decision Chapter 40 * Saboteur Chapter 41 * Hero Chapter 42 * Temple of Glass Chapter 43 * Retreat Chapter 44 * Space Drive Chapter 45 * Phoenix Chapter 46 * Interlude

Full title	Rama II ^[permalink]
Language	English
Authors	Arthur C. Clarke (author) and Gentry Lee (co-author)
Publisher	Bantam Books
Categories	Novel and science fiction
Series	Rama (2/4)
Publication year	1990
Original publication year	1989
ISBN	0-553-28658-7 ^{[Amazon, B&N, Abe, Powell's]}
Pages	466
Synopsis	Seventy years after the first book, a second Rama spacecraft enters our solar system, and an expedition is again sent to rendezvous with it. They board it as easily as the first crew boarded the first spacecraft, but they soon discover a few differences between the two craft.
Review	This book (and the subsequent ones) contains a lot character development, as they are written primarily by Lee. In this one, it doesn't seem to be going anywhere, but it takes off eventually, really.
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Structure	[Toggle visibility] Rama Revisited 1 Rama Returns 2 Test and Training 3 Crew Conference 4 The Great Chaos 5 After the Crash 6 La Signora Sabatini 7 Public Relations 8 Biometry 9 Diastolic Irregularity 10 The Cosmonaut and the Pope 11 St Michael of Siena 12 Ramans and Romans 13 Happy New Year 14 Good-bye, Henry 15 Encounter 16 Rama Rama Burning Bright 17 Death of a Soldier 18 Postmortem 19 Rite of Passage 20 Blessed Slumber 21 Pandora's Cube 22 Dawn 23 Nightfall 24 Sounds in the Darkness 25 A Friend in Need 26 Second Sortie 27 To Catch a Biot 28 Extrapolation 29 The Hunt 30 Postmortem II 31 Orvieto Prodigy 32 New York Explorer 33 Missing Person 34 Strange Companions 35 Into the Pit 36 Impact Course 37 Marooned 38 Visitors 39 Waters of Wisdom 40 Alien Invitation 41 A Friend Indeed 42 Two Explorers 43 Exobiological Psychology 44 Another Lair 45 Nikki 46 The Better Part of Valor 47 Progressive Matrices 48 Welcome Earthlings 49 Interaction 50 Hope Springs Eternal 51 Escape Harness 52 Flight 302 53 Trinity 54 Once a Hero 55 The Voice of Michael 56 An Answered Prayer 57 Three's Company 58 Hobson's Choice 59 Dream of Destiny 60 Return to Rama 61 Endangered Spacecraft 62 The Final Hour Acknowledgments

Full title	The Garden of Rama ^[permalink]
Language	English
Authors	Arthur C. Clarke (author) and Gentry Lee (co-author)
Publisher	Bantam Books
Categories	Novel and science fiction
Series	Rama (3/4)
Publication year	1992
Original publication year	1991
ISBN	0-553-29817-8 ^{[Amazon, B&N, Abe, Powell's]}
Pages	518
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Structure	[Toggle visibility] Acknowledgments Nicole's Journal At the Node Rendezvous at Mars Epithalamion The Trial

Full title	Rama Revealed: The Ultimate Encounter ^[permalink]
Language	English
Authors	Arthur C. Clarke (author) and Gentry Lee (co-author)
Publisher	Bantam Books
Categories	Novel and science fiction
Series	Rama (4/4)
Publication year	1995
Original publication year	1994
ISBN	0-553-56947-3 ^{[Amazon, B&N, Abe, Powell's]}
Pages	602
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Structure	[Toggle visibility] Acknowledgments Prologue Escape The Rainbow Connection The Emerald City War in Rama Return to the Node

Full title	2001: A Space Odyssey ^[permalink]
Language	English
Author	Arthur C. Clarke (author)
Publisher	Roc Books
Categories	Novel and science fiction
Series	Space Odyssey (1/4)
Publication year	2000
Original publication year	1968
ISBN	0-451-45799-4 ^{[Amazon, B&N, Abe, Powell's]}
Pages	297
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Structure	[Toggle visibility] To Stanley: In Memoriam Foreword to the Millennial Edition Foreword Part One: Primeval Night Chapter 1: The Road to Extinction Chapter 2: The New Rock Chapter 3: Academy Chapter 4: The Leopard Chapter 5: Encounter in the Dark Chapter 6: Ascent of Man Part Two: TMA-1 Chapter 7: Special Flight Chapter 8: Orbital Rendezvous Chapter 9: Moon Shuttle Chapter 10: Clavius Base Chapter 11: Anomaly Chapter 12: Journey by Earthlight Chapter 13: The Slow Dawn Chapter 14: The Listeners Part Three: Between Planets Chapter 15: Discovery Chapter 16: Hal Chapter 17: Cruise Mode Chapter 18: Through the Asteroids Chapter 19: Transit of Jupiter Chapter 20: The World of the Gods Part Four: Abyss Chapter 21: Birthday Party Chapter 22: Excursion Chapter 23: Diagnosis Chapter 24: Broken Circuit Chapter 25: First Man to Saturn Chapter 26: Dialogue with Hal Chapter 27: "Need to Know" Chapter 28: In Vacuum Chapter 29: Alone Chapter 30: The Secret Part Five: The Moons of Saturn Chapter 31: Survival Chapter 32: Concerning E.T.'s Chapter 33: Ambassador Chapter 34: The Orbiting Ice Chapter 35: The Eye of Japetus Chapter 36: Big Brother Chapter 37: Experiment Chapter 38: The Sentinel Chapter 39: Into the Eye Chapter 40: Exit Part Six: Through the Star Gate Chapter 41: Grand Central Chapter 42: The Alien Sky Chapter 43: Inferno Chapter 44: Reception Chapter 45: Recapitulation Chapter 46: Transformation Chapter 47: Star-Child

Full title	2010: Odyssey Two ^[permalink]
Language	English
Author	Arthur C. Clarke (author)
Publisher	Ballantine Books
Categories	Novel and science fiction
Series	Space Odyssey (2/4)
Publication year	1984
Original publication year	1982
ISBN	0-345-30306-7 ^{[Amazon, B&N, Abe, Powell's]}
Pages	335
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Structure	[Toggle visibility] Author's Note I * Leonov 1. Meeting at the Focus 2. The House of the Dolphins 3. SAL 9000 4. Mission Profile 5. Leonov II * Tsien 6. Awakening 7. Tsien 8. Transit of Jupiter 9. The Ice of the Grand Canal 10. A Cry from Europa 11. Ice and Vacuum III * Discovery 12. Downhill Run 13. The Worlds of Galileo 14. Double Encounter 15. Escape From the Giant 16. Private Line 17. Boarding Party 18. Salvage 19. Operation WINDMILL 20. Guillotine 21. Resurrection IV * Lagrange 22. Big Brother 23. Rendezvous 24. Reconnaissance 25. The View From Lagrange 26. Probation 27. Interlude: True Confessions 28. Frustration 29. Emergence V * A Child of the Stars 30. Homecoming 31. Disneyville 32. Crystal Spring 33. Betty 34. Valediction 35. Rehabilitation 36. Fire in the Deep 37. Estrangement 38. Foamscape 39. In the Pod Bay 40. "Daisy, Daisy..." 41. Graveyard Shift VI * Devourer of Worlds 42. The Ghost in the Machine 43. Thought Experiment 44. Vanishing Trick 45. Escape Maneuver 46. Countdown 47. Final Flyby 48. Over the Nightside 49. Devourer of Worlds VII * Lucifer Rising 50. Farewell to Jupiter 51. The Great Game 52. Ignition 53. A Gift of Worlds 54. Between Suns 55. Lucifer Rising Epilog: 20,001 Acknowledgments

Full title	2061: Odyssey Three ^[permalink]
Language	English
Author	Arthur C. Clarke (author)
Publisher	Ballantine Books
Categories	Novel and science fiction
Series	Space Odyssey (3/4)
Publication year	1989
Original publication year	1988
ISBN	0-345-35879-1 ^{[Amazon, B&N, Abe, Powell's]}
Pages	271
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Structure	[Toggle visibility] Author's Note I * The Magic Mountain 1. The Frozen Years 2. First Sight 3. Reentry 4. Tycoon 5. Out of the Ice 6. The Greening of Ganymede 7. Transit 8. Starfleet 9. Mount Zeus 10. Ship of Fools 11. The Lie 12. Oom Paul 13. "No One Told Us to Bring Swimsuits..." 14. Search II * The Valley of Black Snow 15. Rendezvous 16. Touchdown 17. The Valley of Black Snow 18. Old Faithful 19. At the End of the Tunnel 20. Recall III * Europan Roulette 21. The Politics of Exile 22. Hazardous Cargo 23. Inferno 24. Shaka the Great 25. The Shrouded World 26. Night Watch 27. Rosie 28. Dialog 29. Descent 30. Galaxy Down 31. The Sea of Galilee IV * At The Water Hole 32. Diversion 33. Pit Stop 34. Car Wash 35. Adrift 36.The Alien Shore V * Through the Asteroids 37. Star 38. Icebergs of Space 39. The Captain's Table 40. Monsters from Earth 41. Memoirs of a Centenarian 42. Minilith VI * Haven 43. Salvage 44. Endurance 45. Mission 46. Shuttle 47. Shards 48. Lucy VII * The Great Wall 49. Shrine 50. Open City 51. Phantom 52. On the couch 53. Pressure Cooker 54. Reunion 55. Magma 56. Perturbation Theory 57. Interlude on Ganymede VIII * The Kingdom of Sulfur 58. Fire and Ice 59. Trinity IX * 3001 60. Midnight in the Plaza ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Addendum

Full title	3001: The Final Odyssey ^[permalink]
Language	English
Author	Arthur C. Clarke (author)
Publisher	Ballantine Books
Categories	Novel and science fiction
Series	Space Odyssey (4/4)
Publication year	1998
Original publication year	1997
ISBN	0-345-42349-6 ^{[Amazon, B&N, Abe, Powell's]}
Pages	274
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Structure	[Toggle visibility] Prologue: The Firstborn I. Star City 1. Comet Cowboy 2. Awakening 3. Rehabilitation 4. A Room with a View 5. Education 6. Braincap 7. Debriefing 8. Return to Olduvai 9. Skyland 10. Homage to Icarus 11. Here Be Dragons 12. Frustration 13. Stranger in a Strange Time II. Goliath 14. A Farewell to Earth 15. Transit of Venus 16. The Captain's Table III. The Worlds of Galileo 17. Ganymede 18. Grand Hotel 19. The Madness of Mankind 20. Apostate 21. Quarantine 22. Venture IV. The Kingdom of Sulfur 23. Falcon 24. Escape 25. Fire in the Deep 26. Tsienville 27. Ice and Vacuum 28. The Little Dawn 29. The Ghosts in the Machine 30. Foamscape 31. Nursery V. Termination 32. A Gentleman of Leisure 33. Contact 34. Judgement 35. Council of War 36. Chamber of Horrors 37. Operation DAMOCLES 38. Preemptive Strike 39. Deicide 40. Midnight: Pico Epilogue Sources and Acknowledgments Valediction