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The mysterious Firstborn have long sought to stop the advance of human civilization. This time, they have sent a quantum bomb speeding toward Eartha device that human scientists can barely comprehend, let alone stop.

The Firstborn have returned Bisesa Dutt to the Earth of 2037, where scientists have discovered an anomaly in the sun's core, which reveals a chilling alien plan to destroy Earth's life through radiation.

Reissue of this classic of sci-fi, which includes the original 1954 first chapter, the revised 1990 first chapter and an added appendix.

From Narnia To A Space Odyssey is the dialogue--through fiction, non-fiction, and correspondence--in which Arthur C. Clarke and C. S. Lewis debate, discuss, and consider the great hope and potential dangers of the rise of technology. Their encounter sets the stage for a question we face today: Is technology the beauty that will lead to a more utopian society, or is it the beast that endangers our humanity and spirit? About the Author Editor Ry...

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The Firstborn have returned Bisesa Dutt to the Earth of 2037, where scientists have discovered an anomaly in the sun's core, which reveals a chilling alien plan to destroy Earth's life through radiation.

Returned to the Earth of 2037 by the Firstborn, mysterious beings of almost limitless technological prowess, Bisesa Dutt is haunted by the memories of her five years spent on the strange alternate Earth called Mir, a jigsaw-puzzle world made up of different eras of Earth's history. Why did the Firstborn create Mir? Why was Bisesa taken there and then brought back on the day after her original disappearance. Bisesa's questions receive a chillin...

During World War II, as an RAF officer, Arthur C. Clarke was in charge of the first radar 'talk-down' equipment, the Ground Controlled Approach, during its experimental trials. His novel GLIDE PATH is based on this work

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The inspiration for the Syfy miniseries. Childhood's End is one of the defining legacies of Arthur C. Clarke, the author of 2001: A Space Odyssey and many other groundbreaking works. Since its publication in 1953, this prescient novel about first contact gone wrong has come to be regarded not only as a science fiction classic but as a literary thriller of the highest order. Spaceships have suddenly appeared in the skies above every city on the...

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Después del impacto de un enorme asteroide que destruye Padua y Verona, se crea en la un sofisticado sistema de detectar la trayectoria de cualquier objeto que se detecte desde la Tierra. De esta forma se detecta Rama, un extraño asteroide que, gira a un velocidad increíble y que, según todos los cálculos no volverá a pasar jamás por el sistema solar. Pero lo más inquietante se producce cuando aparecen indicios de que Rama pueda ser artificial...

Clarke and Baxter have mastered the art of saving the world in blockbuster style."-Entertainment Weekly Returned to the Earth of 2037 by the mysterious and powerful Firstborn, Bisesa Dutt is haunted by memories of her five years spent on the strange alternate Earth called Mir, a jigsaw-puzzle world made up of lands and people cut out of different eras of Earth's history. Why did the Firstborn create Mir? Why was Bisesa taken there and then bro...

In A Fall of Moondust, time is running out for the passengers and crew of the tourist-cruiser Selene, incarcerated in a sea of choking lunar dust. On the surface, her rescuers find their resources stretched to the limit by the pitiless and unpredictable conditions of a totally alien environment. The Lion of Comarre presents the far-flung future where one city of extraordinary means was built on Earth--Comarre--and it is rumored to still exist....