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Against the Fall of Night

Against the Fall of Night

by Arthur C. Clarke
Publication Date: 01/10/1978

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Fifty years after its first publication, the novel cthat is onsidered Clark'sfirstborn story is available once again. Clark presents his visionary tale ofthe only man born in 10 million years who desperately wants to find what liesbeyond the City. Original.
ISBN:
9780515048322
9780515048322
Category:
Science fiction
Publication Date:
01-10-1978
Publisher:
Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Country of origin:
United States
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 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.

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