Arthur C. Clarke (Magill’s Choice: Notable British Novelists)

Other Literary Forms

Best known for his novels, Arthur C. Clarke has also written numerous science-fiction stories, which are available in several collections; two of them, “The Star” and “A Meeting with Medusa,” won major awards. Clarke is noted for scientific essays and books for general readers, usually about outer space or the ocean, and he published a few loosely structured autobiographies.

Achievements

Beginning in the 1950’s, Arthur C. Clarke became acknowledged as a major science-fiction author, winning several Hugo and Nebula Awards for his...

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