C C Clarke: 177 books

In this near-future sci-fi novel by the author of 2001: A Space Odyssey, two companies competing to raise the Titanic find mystery among the wreckage. Two years before the centennial anniversary of the Titanic’s demise, two powerful corporations compete to recover the legendary vessel from...

In the Retro Hugo Award–nominated novel that inspired the Syfy miniseries, alien invaders bring peace to Earth—at a grave price: “A first-rate tour de force” (The New York Times). In the near future, enormous silver spaceships appear without warning over mankind’s largest cities....

In the New York Times–bestselling conclusion to the award-winning Rama series, a human colony aboard Rama III approaches the ultimate confrontation. Two thousand humans have been trapped on the enormous spaceship Rama III, bound for the Raman Node orbiting Sirius. As they hurtle through interstellar...

This New York Times–bestselling chapter in the Hugo Award–winning Space Odyssey series is “intriguing and satisfying . . . the all-round best Odyssey so far” (Kirkus Reviews). The third book in Clarke’s beloved Space Odyssey continues the story of Heywood Floyd, survivor of two previous...

The label of "Third World" covers half the land surface and three quarters of the population of the planet. The problems and potential of this region and its peoples are attracting increasing concern and interest. Fully revised and updated this edition includes: * a wealth of photographic...

Par l'auteur de 2001 : L'Odyssée de l'espace ! En un instant, une force inconnue a morcelé la Terre en une mosaïque d'époques, de la préhistoire à l'an 2037. Un gigantesque puzzle qui résume l'évolution de l'espèce humaine. Depuis, des sphères argentées planent sur toute la planète,...

The possibility that Polynesian seafarers made landfall and interacted with the native people of the New World before Columbus has been the topic of academic discussion for well over a century, although American archaeologists have considered the idea verboten since the 1970s. Fresh discoveries made...

Ausflüge in die Zukunft „Alle Namen Gottes“ suchen tibetianische Mönchen in einem abgeschiedenen Kloster. Wenn sie alle Namen beisammen und aufgeschrieben haben, gelangt das Universum an sein Ende, glauben sie. Als die Computer erfunden werden, wird dieser Vorgang ungemein beschleunigt. „Der...

The classic science fiction novel that captures and expands on the vision of Stanley Kubrick’s immortal film—and changed the way we look at the stars and ourselves. From the savannas of Africa at the dawn of mankind to the rings of Saturn as man ventures to the outer rim of our solar system, 2001:...

A Hugo and Nebula Award–winning novel from the legendary “colossus of science fiction” and creator of 2001: A Space Odyssey (The New Yorker). Renowned structural engineer Dr. Vannevar Morgan seeks to link Earth to the stars by constructing a space elevator that will connect to an orbiting...

**“Wonderfully entertaining . . . a story that engrosses you with its dramatized ideas about the nature of existence . . . You won’t set the book down either to eat or sleep or work if you can help it.”—*****Chicago Tribune *** In an instant, Earth is carved up in time and reassembled...

La Terre se meurt et les derniers représentants de l’espèce humaine prennent place à bord du Magellan pour un voyage de plusieurs centaines d’années. Au cours d’une escale sur une planète-océan colonisée longtemps auparavant par des vaisseaux-semeurs, l’équipage du Magellan rencontre...

Au XXIIe siècle, les hommes ont colonisé la Lune et Mars. Le système solaire n’a plus de secrets pour eux, croient-ils, et ils y règnent en maître. Jusqu’au jour où ce règne est menacé par l’arrivée d’un astéroïde. Sa collision possible avec la Terre a de quoi causer la panique...

Le jeune Roy Malcolm gagne un concours télévisé qui lui permet de faire un stage sur une station orbitale. Mais son séjour là-haut se révèle encore plus aventureuse que même lui aurait osé rêver !