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Arthur C. Clarke

Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) was an English writer known for his hard science fiction, as well as being an inventor and futurist. He is regarded as one of the "Big Three" in the genre, alongside Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein. Clarke is best known for his novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, which was adapted into a highly successful and critically acclaimed film. He published his first short story, Travel by Wire!, in 1937, and his debut novel, Against the Fall of Night, came out in 1948, later revised as The City and the Stars. Below is a chronological list of Sir Arthur C. Clarke's books based on their original publication dates.

Arthur C. Clarke became a published novelist in 1938 with the novel The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke. Below is a list of Arthur C. Clarke's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Space Odyssey Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
2010: Odyssey Two (1982) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
2061: Odyssey Three (1987) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
3001: The Final Odyssey (1997) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Rama Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Rendezvous with Rama (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rama II (With: Gentry Lee) (1989) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Garden of Rama (With: Gentry Lee) (1991) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rama Revealed (With: Gentry Lee) (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bright Messengers (By: Gentry Lee) (1995) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Double Full Moon Night (By: Gentry Lee) (1999) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Tranquility Wars (By: Gentry Lee) (2000) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of A Time Odyssey Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Time's Eye (2003) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Sunstorm (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Firstborn (2007) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Life Science Library Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Machines (By: Robert O'Brien) (1964) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Man And Space (1964) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Body (By: Alan E. Nourse) (1964) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ships (By: Robert O'Brien) (1965) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Weather (By: Robert O'Brien,Philip D. Thompson) (1965) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Blue Planet Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Coast of the Coral (1956) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Reefs of Taprobane (1956) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Treasure of the Great Reef (1964) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Against the Fall of Night (1948) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Prelude to Space (1950) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Sands of Mars (1951) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Islands in the Sky (1952) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Childhood's End (1953) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Earthlight (1955) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
City and the Stars (1956) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Deep Range (1957) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Other Side of the Sky (1958) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Fall of Moondust (1961) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dolphin Island (1963) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Glide Path (1963) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Lost Worlds Of 2001 (1971) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Report on Planet Three (1972) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Imperial Earth (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Fountains of Paradise (1979) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Songs of Distant Earth (1986) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
July 20, 2019 (1986) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Cradle (With: Gentry Lee) (1987) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Beyond the Fall of Night (With: Gregory Benford) (1990) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Ghost from the Grand Banks (1990) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Hammer of God (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Richter 10 (With: Mike McQuay) (1996) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Trigger (1999) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Light of Other Days (With: Stephen Baxter) (2000) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Last Theorem (With: Frederik Pohl) (2008) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Interplanetary Flight (1950) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Exploration of Space (1951) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Boy Beneath the Sea (1958) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Voice Across The Sea (1958) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Profiles of the Future (1962) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Voices from the Sky (1966) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Promise of Space (1968) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Into Space (With: Robert Silverberg) (1971) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Beyond Jupiter: The Worlds of Tomorrow (1972) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The View from Serendip (1977) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
1984: Spring - A Choice of Futures (1984) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Astounding Days (1990) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
How the World Was One (1992) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds! (1999) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
From Narnia To Space Odyssey (With: C.S. Lewis) (2003) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Exploration of the Moon (2020) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Rescue Party (1946) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Story Collections Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (1938) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Sentinel (1951) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Across the Sea of Stars (1953) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Reach for Tomorrow (1956) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tales From The White Hart (1957) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tales of Ten Worlds (1962) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Nine Billion Names of God (1967) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Lion Of Comarre (1968) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Expedition to Earth (1968) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Of Time and Stars (1972) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Wind From The Sun (1972) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Meeting With Medusa (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Shining Ones (2004) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Isaac Asimov's Anthology Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction (By: Isaac Asimov,Tanith Lee,Phyllis Eisenstein,Gene Wolfe,Barry B. Longyear,John M. Ford,Arnie Bateman,Alan Dean Foster,Martin Gardner,Randall Garrett,Rob Chilson,Ted Reynolds,George Scithers,Richard S. McEnroe,Jeff Duntemann,R.N. Bracewell,K.W. MacAnn,G. Richard Bozarth) (1980) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far (By: Isaac Asimov,Frederik Pohl,Carter Scholz,Barry B. Longyear,John M. Ford,Jack Williamson,Darrell Schweitzer,John Brunner,Juleen Brantingham,Martin Gardner,Richard Wilson,Milton A. Rothman,Elizabeth Anne Hull,Sharon Webb,Somtow Sucharitkul,Lee Weinstein,Ted Reynolds,George Scithers,F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre,William Tuning,Francis E. Izzo,Paul David Novitski,Lee Russell,Seth S. Horowitz,Tol E. Rant,S. Dale,Julie Flores,Tony Sarowitz) (1981) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own (By: Connie Willis,Ursula K. Le Guin,Pat Cadigan,Joan D. Vinge,Tanith Lee,Pamela Sargent,Lee Killough,Mary Gentle,Mildred Downey Broxon,Shawna McCarthy,Sharon Webb,Leigh Kennedy,Stephanie A. Smith,Cherie Wilkerson,Julie Stevens,Sydney J. Van Scyoc,Cyn Mason,P.A. Kagan,P.J. MacQuarrie,Janet O. Jeppson,Beverly Grant,Hope Athearn) (1983) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! (By: Connie Willis,George R.R. Martin,Ron Goulart,John Kessel,George Alec Effinger,Robert Thurston,Tanith Lee,Lucius Shepard,Scott Baker,Lillian Carl,Juleen Brantingham,Lee Killough,Ian McDowell,Daphne Castell,Sharon N. Farber,Richard Kearns,Shawna McCarthy,Leigh Kennedy,Gregg Keizer,Kristi Olesen) (1989) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Isaac Asimov's Aliens (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) (1991) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Isaac Asimov's Robots (By: Isaac Asimov,Rob Chilson) (1991) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite (By: Isaac Asimov,John M. Ford) (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Isaac Asimov's War (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) (1994) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) (1995) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Isaac Asimov's Ghosts (By: Isaac Asimov,Terry Bisson) (1995) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Isaac Asimov's Christmas (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) (1997) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Isaac Asimov's Camelot (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois,Eleanor Arnason) (1998) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Isaac Asimov's Detectives (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) (1998) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Isaac Asimov's Werewolves (By: Isaac Asimov,Suzy McKee Charnas,Gardner Dozois) (1999) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Isaac Asimov's Solar System (By: Gardner Dozois) (1999) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Isaac Asimov's Utopias (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) (2000) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Isaac Asimov's Father Day (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) (2001) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Isaac Asimov's Halloween (By: Isaac Asimov) (2001) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Star Science Fiction Stories 3 (1955) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Great Tales of Action and Adventure (1958) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Galaxy Science Fiction, September 1958 (1958) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
50 Short Science Fiction Tales (1963) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Novelets of Science Fiction (1963) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Bedside Playboy (1963) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Worlds to Come: New Science Fiction Adventures (1967) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tales of Time and Space (1969) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Futures Unlimited (1969) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Futurists (1972) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Alpha 3 (1972) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Galaxy Science Fiction - October 1973 (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow... (1974) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Other Dimensions (1974) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Aliens: 3 Novellas (1977) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best of British SF 2 (1977) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best of British SF 1 (1977) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
They Came from Outer Space: 12 Classic Science Fiction Tales That Became Major Motion Pictures (1979) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels (1980) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction / Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century (1980) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Three: Nebula Winners 1965-1969 (1981) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Science Fiction A to Z (1982) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Space Odyssey (1983) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fourth Planet from the Sun (1984) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Great Science Fiction Stories by the World's Greatest Scientists (1985) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Battlefields Beyond Tomorrow (1987) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Science Fiction Stories (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Drabble II: Double Century (1990) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Christmas Stars (1992) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Ultimate Alien (1995) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Young Oxford Book of Aliens (1999) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bangs & Whimpers (1999) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Explorers (2000) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Hard SF Renaissance (2003) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Colours of Infinity: The Beauty, The Power and the Sense of Fractals (2004) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The World Turned Upside Down (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Galileo's Children (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology (2006) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
From the Pen of Paul: The Fantastic Images of Frank R. Paul (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The End of the World: Stories of the Apocalypse (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bug-Eyed Monsters & Bimbos (2011) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Sixth Science Fiction Megapack (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
In Space No One Can Hear You Scream (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Ninth Science Fiction Megapack (2014) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Baen Big Book of Monsters (2014) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Grave Predictions (2016) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Infinite Stars (2019) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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