Author of 2001: A Space Odyssey , Childhood's End , The City and the Stars , and the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Rendezvous with Rama , Arthur C. Clarke is the most celebrated science fiction author alive. He is—with H. G. Wells, Isaac Asimov, and Robert A. Heinlein—one of the writers who define science fiction in our time. Now Clarke has cooperated in the preparation of a massive, definitive edition of his collected shorter works. From early work like "Rescue Party" and "The Lion of Comarre," through classics like "The Star," "Earthlight," "The Nine Billion Names of God," and "The Sentinel" (kernel of the later novel, and movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey ), all the way to later work like "A Meeting with Medusa" and "The Hammer of God," this immense volume encapsulates one of the great SF careers of all time.

A Revelation of the Planet Venus in Fact and Fiction by Arthur C. Clarke - C.S. Lewis - Olaf Stapledon - Poul Anderson and many others.
The swirling clouds of mystery that cloak the planet Venus have exercised an unrivaled fascination for the most powerful imaginations of our day. Now at last their most dazzling flights have been gathered together.

Contents:

I. CLOUDED JUDGEMENTS
Destinies of the Stars by Svante Arrhenius
Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon
Pirates of Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Perelandra by C.S. Lewis

II. "VENUS IS HELL!"
Exploring the Planets by V.A. Firsoff
The Big Rain by Poul Anderson
Intelligent Life in the Universe by Carl Sagan

III. BIG SISTER
Escape to Venus by S. Makepeace Lott
Sister Planet by Poul Anderson
Before Eden by Arthur C. Clarke

IV. THE OPEN QUESTION
Some Mysteries of venus resolved by Sir Bernard Lovell
Dream of Distance by Anonymous
Venus Mystery for Scientists by John Davy

In 1994, the Marines test a new missile. After launch it mysteriously disappears. If it reaches civilian areas they'll be in big trouble. Carol Dawson, a journalist, is alerted by an unusual sight of whales in the Miami area & decides to write about it.
Armed with equipment provided by her friend, Dr. Dale Michaels from the Miami Oceanographic Institute, she goes to investigate the rumors of a missing missile that could be behind the mysterious whale behavior. She hires the services of Nick Williams & Jefferson Troy, boat owners, so she can get to the Mexican Gulf to investigate.
They find an unknown artifact. They have doubts about its nature, hoping it's part of a lost treasure. Old friends of Williams & Troy notice their discovery & want to steal it.
In the story's background, the authors describe a submarine snake civilization on a planet called Canthor, & how they struggled to stay alive despite threats to their ecosystem. It's revealed that the artifact is actually a cradle that contains seeds with altered superhumans extracted from Earth millions of years ago & altered so they could live with other species--including the submarine snakes--on Earth. The spaceship that carries the cradle is manned by robots/cyborgs & has hidden itself on the ocean floor to make repairs.
Dawson, Williams & Troy are asked to gather materials so the ship can be repaired & return to its mission. The ship...

Arthur C. Clarke's classic in which he ponders humanity's future and possible evolution.

When the silent spacecraft arrived and took the light from the world, no one knew what to expect. But, although the Overlords kept themselves hidden from man, they had come to unite a warring world and to offer an end to poverty and crime. When they finally showed themselves it was a shock, but one that humankind could now cope with, and an era of peace, prosperity and endless leisure began.

But the children of this utopia dream strange dreams of distant suns and alien planets, and begin to evolve into something incomprehensible to their parents, and soon they will be ready to join the Overmind... and, in a grand and thrilling metaphysical climax, leave the Earth behind.

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Clarke's masterful evocation of the far future of humanity, considered his finest novel.

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. Once, it held powers that rule the stars.

But then, as legend has it, the invaders came, driving humanity into this last refuge. It takes one man, a Unique, to break through Diaspar's stifling inertia, to smash the legend and discover the true nature of the Invaders.

Em plena Guerra Fria, enquanto russos e americanos se preparam para a corrida espacial, imensas naves surgem sobre as principais capitais do mundo, revelando um dos grandes mistérios da O homem não está sozinho no universo. Seus ocupantes, chamados de Senhores Supremos, dominam a Terra de forma pacífica e melhoram substancialmente as condições de vida. A ignorância, a guerra e a pobreza deixam de existir, dando início a uma era de ouro. Porém, uma dúvida assombra a quais seriam os verdadeiros objetivos dos Senhores Supremos? Até quando suas políticas iriam coincidir com o bem-estar dos homens? As respostas para essas questões podem revelar uma verdade aterradora.

Dentre as temáticas do universo sci-fi, nenhuma delas é tão popular, envolvente e plural quanto as viagens no tempo. Esta coletânea reúne, em um único volume e pela primeira vez no Brasil, dezoito contos de alguns dos gigantes do universo sci-fi, abrangendo cinco décadas, de 1940 a 1990, e incluindo desde “Um Som de Trovão”, de Ray Bradbury, que inspirou o nome da famosa teoria do Efeito Borboleta, até Ursula K. LeGuin, em “Outra História ou um Pescador do Mar Interior”, ou mesmo uma ideia impensável, como no conto do premiado Jack Dann “Inversão do Tempo”, que propõe respostas surpreendentes para uma pergunta perturbadora: e se todos viajassem no tempo, menos você?

Anos depois do aparecimento, no sistema solar, da imensa e deserta nave espacial a que os seus descobridores deram o nome de Rama, uma segunda nave chegou, destinada a recolher um grupo de colonos humanos. Mas agora a colónia dentro da nave tornou-se numa brutal ditadura, cometendo um terrível genocídio contra os seus pacíficos vizinhos alienígenas e aterrorizando os seus próprios habitantes.
Nicole Wakefield, condenada à morte por traição, consegue escapar, atravessar o Mar Cilíndrico, e alcançar a ilha de misteriosos arranha-céus a que os humanos chamam Nova York.
Assim começa a maior aventura de todo o ciclo de Rama, uma história de poderosas perspectivas e extraordinárias revelações - e um soberbo climax da série iniciada com o clássico de Arthur C. Clarke, Rendez-vous com Rama, a única novela de ficção científica a ser galardoada com todos os principais prémios.

No ano 2130, uma misteriosa nave espacial, Rama, entrou no sistema solar. Era enorme – suficientemente grande para conter uma cidade e um mar – e estava vazia, aparentemente abandonada. Na altura em que Rama partiu para o seu destino desconhecido, muitas maravilhas haviam sido reveladas, mas poucos mistérios resolvidos. Apenas uma coisa ficara clara: tudo o que os enigmáticos construtores de Rama haviam concebido, tinham-no feito em duplicado.
Agora, Rama II está no seu caminho para fora do sistema solar. A bordo encontram-se três seres humanos, dois homens e uma mulher, ali deixados quando a expedição partiu. À frente deles encontra-se o desconhecido, uma viagem que nenhum humano jamais experimentara. E, no fim da jornada, podia estar a verdade sobre Rama.

Rama est revenu ! Rama, ou plutôt son double, son clone, son jumeau : Rama II. Soixante-dix ans plus tôt, un mystérieux engin extraterrestre traversait brièvement le système solaire, donnant corps à cette fabuleuse révélation : l'homme n'était pas seul dans l'Univers. Et voilà qu'en cette année 2196, le scénario se répète ! Un deuxième vaisseau interstellaire, exactement semblable au précédent, se matérialise dans l'espace... L'humanité, pour la seconde fois de son histoire, envoie une équipe de savants à la rencontre du visiteur. Mission exaltante, bien sûr, mais les intentions des uns et des autres sont-elles aussi nobles qu'elles le paraissent ? Sans oublier celles de l'étranger : pourquoi la nef infléchit-elle brusquement sa course vers la Terre ? Que dissimulent les flancs de Rama II ? Des merveilles... ou un danger mortel ?

Vencedor de renomados prêmios da ficção científica, entre eles o Hugo e o Nebula, "Encontro com Rama" conta a história de uma terrível colisão de um meteorito contra o continente europeu. Após o acontecimento, líderes mundiais e cientistas reuniram esforços para evitar que catástrofes dessa natureza voltassem a acontecer. Quase cinquenta anos depois, a humanidade atônita acompanha a chegada de um novo astro ao Sistema Solar.

De proporções inimagináveis, Rama espanta e ameaça, pois avança firmemente na direção de nosso Sol. Uma expedição é enviada para explorar os mistérios do que se imagina ser um colossal meteoro. Mas, num misto de surpresa e apreensão, Rama se revela uma sofisticada construção, repleta de enigmas que desafiam a mente e os conceitos humanos. Inestimável fonte de pesquisa para a ciência ou ameaça para a segurança da humanidade, Rama torna-se palco de uma das mais fascinantes jornadas de descobrimento da ficção científica; um espelho da genialidade de um dos autores mais criativos do século 20.

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.

2001：太空漫游（2001: A Space Odyssey）是亚瑟·克拉克所写的科幻小说，同时斯坦利·库布里克拍成电影版本。这个故事是根据不同的短篇故事所拼凑的，其中最值得注意的是《岗哨》。库布利克和克拉克最初一起合作，小说和电影同步进行，到后期库布利克还投入编剧本的工作。The Lost Worlds of 2001,（Arthur C. Clarke, Signet., 1972）就是在这个合作计划下所产生的一个精心杰作。

Det fjärde numret av Häpna! bjuder på följande noveller:

- A.E. van Vogt "Slan" (följetong)
- Arthur C. Clarke "Överlägsen seger"
- Charles Eric Maine "Genljud från det förgångna"
- Charles Beaumont "De vackra människorna"
- Edmund W. Hansen "Intermezzo"

Dessutom artiklar om atomur, atombomber och solförmörkelser.

上帝、耶和华、安拉……这些都是人造的符号，神真正的名字是不可呼唤的……

一位西藏喇嘛向瓦格纳博士提出了一个奇怪的请求，他需要雇佣两名工程师，将一台自动序列计算机运送到圣地香格里拉。工程师们不远万里来到高山之巅的寺庙中，确保计算机不出故障地日夜运作。3个月之后，计算机将打印出九十亿种不同字母排列，里面隐藏着至高之神真正的名字。一旦名录完成，真正的神明便会降临世间……

英国科幻小说大师阿瑟•克拉克是20世纪最伟大的先知，是用科幻预言未来最成功的小说家。《神的九十亿个名字：阿瑟•克拉克经典科幻小说》收录了克拉克一生创作的近100部科幻作品中最精彩的18篇。他在这些才华横溢的杰作中，对宇宙争霸、地心危机、太空缆车、人工智能、星际通讯、冰河纪降临、外星人入侵、核能浩劫等科幻母题逐一进行了深刻的阐释。克拉克用钟表般精确的科幻道具和庞大壮阔的时空尺度，赋予读者无尽的使命感与苍凉的宿命感，并对后世的科幻小说、电影有着极其深远的影响。

Imperial Earth is the fascinating odyssey of Duncan Makenzie, traveling from Titan, a moon of Saturn, to Earth, as a diplomatic guest of the United States for the celebration of its Quincentennial in the year 2276. Titan, an independent republic, was originally colonized from Earth three generations earlier. Duncan's initial challenge is to prepare, physically and intellectually, for the 500-million-mile trip to Earth. Once there, he is caught up in a sweep of new experiences, including the social and political whirl in Washington, a strange visit to a carefully preserved ancient city once prominent in the 20th century, and a search for and meeting with a woman he loved since she visited Titan years before.

با فوت پروفسور ناتی بیچاره، که چند سالی می‌شد در تیمارستان اسکراگِم بستری بود، من آخرین عضو زندهٔ تیم تحقیقاتی بداقبالی شدم که پنج سال پیش به آن محل منحوسِ نفرین شده در جنوبگان اعزام شده بود...

‫ذهن بیسِسا دات، مدام درگیر یادآوری خاطراتش از پنج سال زندگی در دنیای جانشین زمین، به نام میر است. دنیایی پازل‌مانند، ساخته‌شده از سرزمین‌ها و مردمانی که از دوره‌های مختلف تاریخِ زمین گرد آمده‌اند. اما حالا نخست‌زادگان ‌(موجوداتی اسرارآمیز با قابلیت‌های فناورانهٔ نامحدود) او را از میر به زمینِ سال ۲۰۳۷ بازگردانده‌اند. اصلاً چرا نخست‌زادگان میر را به وجود آوردند؟ چرا بیسسا را به آن‌جا بردند و سپس فقط یک روز پس از نخستین ناپدیدشدنش او را به زمین بازگرداندند؟

‫زمانی که دانشمندان نوعی نابه‌هنجاری در مرکز خورشید کشف کردند، پرسش‌های بیسِسا پاسخی خوفناک دریافت کرد. وقتی نابه‌هنجاری علتی طبیعی ندارد، نشانه‌ای است از مداخلهٔ بیگانگان طی دوهزار سال گذشته. نقشه‌هایی که یک‌هزارهٔ پیش، تماشاگرانی مرموز در فاصلهٔ چندین سال نوری به جریان انداخته بودند حالا به‌شکل طوفان خورشیدی به نتیجه می‌رسید. طوفانی که برای زدودن شکل‌های مختلف حیات از روی زمین به‌کمک بمباران با پرتوهای مرگبار طراحی شده بود.

‫پس مبارزه‌ای بی‌امان در برابر بمب ساعتيِ خورشید آغاز می‌شود. اما حتا حالا، که آخرالزمان خود را نمایان کرده است، همکاری برای مردمان و ملت‌های زمین ساده نیست. تفاوت‌های دینی و سیاسی، هر تلاشی را از اساس تخریب می‌کند.

‫و در تمام این مدت، نخست‌زادگان تماشا می‌کنند…

زمین به همراه کل منظومه شمسی نابود می شود و دانشمندان در پی یافتن مکانی دیگر برای استمرار حیات بشر هستند. تالاسا آخرین ایستگاهی است که مردان زمینی پیش از مقصد نهایی خود می بینند.