Astounding Days: A Science Fictional Autobiography - Couverture souple

Clarke, Arthur C.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0553348221 ISBN 13 : 9780553348224

Editeur : Bantam Dell Pub Group, 1990

Synopsis

Book by Clarke Arthur C

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Arthur C. Clarke was born in Minehead in 1917. During the Second World War he served as an RAF radar instructor, rising to the rank of Flight-Lieutenant. After the war he won a BSc in physics and mathematics with first class honours from King's College, London. One of the most respected of all science-fiction writers, he also won the KALINGA PRIZE, the AVIATION SPACE-WRITERS PRIZE,and the WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE WRITING PRIZE. He also shared an OSCAR nomination with Stanley Kubrick for the screenplay of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, which was based on his story, 'The Sentinel'. He lived in Sri Lanka from 1956 until his death in 2008. To discover more about how the legacy of Sir Arthur is being honoured today, please visit http://www.clarkefoundation.org

Présentation de l'éditeur

Arthur C. Clarke acquired his first science fiction magazine - a copy of Astounding Stories - in 1930, when he was 13. Immediately he became an avid reader and collector: and, soon enough, a would-be-writer. The rest is history. Now, in Astounding Days, he looks back over those impressed by him, discussing their scientific howlers, and their remarkable proportion of predictive bulls-eyes - and writing of his early life and career. Written with relaxed good humour, Astounding Days is full of fascinating comment and anecdote.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bantam Dell Pub Group
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0553348221
• ISBN 13: 9780553348224
• Reliure: Broché
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible