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The City And The Stars

Arthur C. Clarke

Clarke's masterful evocation of the far future of humanity, considered his finest novel

Men had built cities before, but never such a city as Diaspar. For millennia its protective dome shut out the creeping decay and danger of the world outside. Once, it held powers that rule the stars.

But then, as legend has it, the invaders came, driving humanity into this last refuge. It takes one man, a Unique, to break through Diaspar's stifling inertia, to smash the legend and discover the true nature of the Invaders.

  • Classification : SFF (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
  • Pub Date : JAN 1, 2007
  • Imprint : Gollancz
  • Page Extent : 256
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9781857987638
  • Price : INR 799
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Arthur C. Clarke

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 PRIZEand 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>

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