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This is a collection of 114 stories written by Arthur C. Clarke. The UK version has a front cover with the title as "Arthur C. Clarke: The Collected Stories", and the USA version as "The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke", known by this name by both publishers. Many of the stories have a short introduction, which tells when and where the story was first published and the collection it was first collected in. They are arranged in mostly chronological order. The only missing story from this collection is called "When the Twerms Came" the story was published in book form in 'The View from Serendip' and 'More Than One Universe' collections.
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- Author
- Arthur C. Clarke
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 971
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Group Ltd., Orion Books, Victor Gollancz Ltd.
- Editions
- 17
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781407459226
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Sir Arthur Charles Clarke CBE FRAS was a British science fiction writer, science writer and futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host. He is famous for being co-writer of the screenplay for the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, widely considered to be one of the most influential films of all time. Clarke was a science writer, who was both an avid populariser of space travel and a futurist of uncanny ability. On these subjects he wrote over a dozen books and many essays, which appeared in various popular magazines. In 1961 he was awarded the Kalinga Prize, an award which is given by UNESCO for popularising science. These along with his science fiction writings eventuall
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