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Arthur C. Clarke: The Authorized Biography Paperback – January 1, 1993

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Portrays the life and career of Arthur C. Clarke, including interviews with friends and colleagues and highlighting his contributions to science fiction

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Contemporary Books; Reissue edition (January 1, 1993)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 430 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0809237202
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0809237203
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.5 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.5 x 9.25 inches

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MichaelC.

Great Book

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A very detailed but easy to read biography of the life of a great man and author. I've read Arthur C. Clarke for decades and learned many things about his life that I had never known. I enjoyed it so much I'm re-reading some of my favorite books by him all over again years later.

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I'm in the process of reading it now. I'm about one-fifth of the way.

Arthur C. Clarke has always been my favorite sci-fi writer. Isaac Asimov, my favorite science writer. I'm sad that there will be no more Clarke books but I'm glad that this biography will let me get to know the man behind the books a little better.

Not too many photos but tons of information about prior street addresses and personal habits. (Picky eater, won't eat cold food). This sort of thing makes the man more 3-D. A must, perhaps, for Clarke fans.

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Will Jerom

A fairly good biography

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This seems to me a good biography, if not absolutely complete. McAleer focuses mostly on Clarke's fiction and relevance to the scientific world. Clarke education, personal and family life have some detail, but are not fully illumined. Those interested in Clarke will probably find this to be a satisfactory, if not altogether complete view of Clarke's life and achievements.

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sci-fi-guy

brilliant account of a genius in our generation

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Here is an interesting, brilliant account of a genius in our generation!

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comprehensive review of his life and writing - he had the idea for geosynchronous communications satellites

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I loved all the anecdotes on this one.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 7, 2015

Well written and quite thorough biography that describes the visible Clarke. He was from a conventional world but chose to live a rather unconventional life in Sri Lanka. How unconventional he was is for another book. It is likely that the more complete picture will be some form of biopic rather than a book. His film legacy, film treatment of his books and documentaries, is large and likely available to anyone wanting to bring this very interesting man to life. Enjoyed his books and likely will reread them to recapture he universe as he envisioned it.

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Bill R. Moore

Essential for the Clarke fan

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As a long-time admirer of both Arthur C. Clarke the man and his fact and fiction, I've been looking for a good biography for quite a long time, and am glad to say I've finally found one. Neil McAleer has done an excellent job, and obviously put a lot of time into research and interviews. This book was compiled from several interviews with Clarke himself as well as with many of his friends, family members, editors, publishers, fellow writers, colleagues, and the like. One is greatful to get such a great glimpse into the lives of science fiction's most famous author, as well as one of the 20th century's most famous visionaries. Truly a remarkable man, Clarke has had an almost unbelievably productive, meaningful, and memorable life. Here we learn about his upbringing and exploits living on a farm in England in his childhood, and through his experiences in school and budding interest in science and science fiction. We then learn of Clarke's going on to join the Civil Service and eventually the Royal Airforce (where he helped with the radar "talk down" system), and through his college years. We are able to see the development of his writing years, and his active and vital role in the British Interplanetary Society. All of Clarke's major novels and several of his short stories are gone into in detail, and oftentimes we learn of his motivation for writing them, and also something of his writing method. One of the most important and revealing aspects of the book for Clarke fans are the long behind-the-scenes look we get at the making of 2001: A Space Odyssey. We learn of the working relationship between Clarke and Kubrick, and also get a glimpse into the super hush-hush activities that took place on the set. This book covers his career up to the release of his novel The Ghost From The Grand Banks, and a little beyond. It also touches mightily upon his non-fiction writing, as well as his many other and less celebrated exploits - lecturing, popularizing of communications, diplomatic interests, and the like. We learn a lot about Clarke's vital role in the establishment of communications satellites. This is quite simply an essential book for Clarke fans, with much knowledge held within it to put across and share. The only real drawback to it is that it does only go up to 1992, and thereby misses out on some important events in Clarke's career (the release of further books, including his final novel, 3001, his collected stories and essays, his knighthood, the unfortunate (and falsely alledged) accusations of pedophilia against him, and the actual coming of the year 2001, just to name a few.) Still, this is by far the most comprehensive and thorough book about Arthur C. Clarke available. Obvioiusly, as with any biography, it's not a book you'll want to dive into unless you are already familar with the author and his works. If you are, though, then this is an essential volume to add to your collection.

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