- Science fiction, Fiction, general, English Science fiction, English fiction
In 1994, a missile mysteriously disappears off the coast of Florida during military testing. While investigating the link between the disappearance and some unusual whale sightings, journalist Carol Dawson finds much more-an enigmatic artifact that may not be of earthly origin.
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- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
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- Author
- Arthur C. Clarke
- First published
- 1988
- Pages
- 310
- Publisher
- ORBIT, V. Gollancz, Guild
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- und, English, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9780446513791
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“THE emerald water smashes against the dark volcanic cliffs.”
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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