Arthur C. Clarke

From early work through classic stories and all the way to later work, this comprehensive short story collection encapsulates one of the great science fiction careers of all time....

At first, only a few things are known about the celestial object that astronomers dub Rama. It is huge, weighing more than ten trillion tons....

This book contains 26 of the greatest science fiction stories ever written. They represent the considered verdict of the Science Fiction Writers of America....

The Overlords appeared suddenly over every city - intellectually, technologically, and militarily superior to humankind....

Since the beginning of human history Mars has been an alluring dream - the stuff of legends, gods, and mystery. The planet most like ours, it has still been thought impossible to reach, let alone explore and inhabit. Now with the advent of a revolutionary new plan, all this has changed....

Twenty-seven years later, the Firstborn are back....

For eons, Earth has been under observation by the Firstborn, beings almost as old as the universe itself....

From the savannas of Africa at the dawn of mankind to the rings of Saturn as man adventures to the outer rim of our solar system, 2001: A Space Odyssey is a journey unlike any other....

The Hammer of God was first published in the Sept. 28, 1992 issue of Time....

"A Meeting with Medusa" was first published in the December 1971 issue of Playboy....

Returned to the Earth of 2037 by the Firstborn, mysterious beings of almost limitless technological prowess, Bisesa Dutt is haunted by the memories of her five years spent on the strange alternate Earth....

The Songs of Distant Earth was first published in the June 1958 issue of If....

The Sentinel was first published in the spring 1951 issue of 10 Story Fantasy. It later served as the starting point for the film and novel, 2001: A Space Odyssey....

At first, only a few things are known about the celestial object that astronomers dub Rama....

Heywood Floyd, survivor of two previous encounters with the mysterious monloiths, must again confront Dave Bowman, HAL, and an alien race....

In the year 2130 a mysterious spaceship, Rama, arrived in the solar system. It was huge, but empty - apparently abandoned....

The biggest collection yet of favorite sci-fi stories.....

In 3001: The Final Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke brings the greatest and most successful science fiction series of all time to its magnificent, stunningly unforeseen conclusion....

Years after the appearance in the solar system of the immense, deserted spaceship, Rama, a second craft arrived....

"Rescue Party" was first published in the May 1946 issue of Astounding Science-Fiction....