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Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke
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Name Arthur C. Clarke
Aliases Arthur Charles Clarke; Sir Arthur C. Clarke
Roles Writer
Place of birth Somerset, England
Gender Male
Date of birth December 16th, 1917
Date of death March 19th, 2008
First appearance How We Went to Mars


Arthur C. Clarke was a British author, inventor and futurist. He was born in the seaside town on Minehead in Somerset, England. In 1936, he became a member of the British Interplanetary Society (BIS). His first professional work in the sci-fi genre was a short story called "Loophole". The story was first published in Astounding Science Fiction magazine in April, 1946. Another Clark short story, "Rescue Party", was actually the first story sold to Astounding Science Fiction, but it was published in May of 1946, one month after "Loophole".

Clarke is best known for his work on the "Space Odyssey" series of science fiction novels beginning with the 1968 novel 2001: A Space Odyssey. The novel was written in combination with Clarke's contribution to the film adaptation of his story, 2001: A Space Odyssey, directed by Stanley Kubrick. Clarke followed this novel with 2010: Odyssey Two, published in 1982, then 2061: Odyssey Three, published in 1987 and finally 3001: The Final Odyssey, published in 1997.

Arthur C. Clarke emigrated to Sri Lanka in 1956, largely to pursue his interest in scuba diving, and lived there until his death. Clarke passed away from respiratory problems in the town of Colombo on March 19th, 2008

Body of work[]

Novels[]

Novel Year
2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
2010: Odyssey Two 1982
2061: Odyssey Three 1987
3001: The Final Odyssey 1997
A Meeting With Medusa 1971
The Songs of Distant Earth 1986

Short stories[]

Title Year
The Awakening 1942
Loophole 1946
Rescue Party 1946
Breaking Strain 1949
The Curse 1953
Death and the Senator 1961
Dog Star 1962
The Defenestration of Ermintrude Inch 1972
Earthlight 1951
Encounter in the Dawn 1953
Exile in the Eons 1950
The Food of the Gods 1954
The Forgotten Enemy 1949
Hate 1961
Hide-and-Seek 1949
History Lesson 1949
How We Went to Mars 1938
I Remember Babylon 1960
If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth 1951
Improving the Neighbourhood 1999
Inheritance 1947
Into the Comet 1960
Jupiter Five 1953
Loophole 1946
Neutron Tide 1970
The Nine Billion Names of God 1953
The Pacifist 1956
Patent Pending 1954
The Possessed 1953
The Secret 1963
The Sentinel 1951
The Star 1955
Summertime on Icarus 1961
Sunjammer 1964
Superiority 1951
Time's Arrow 1952
Transience Unknown
Travel by Wire! 1937
Trouble With the Natives 1951
Venture to the Moon 1956
When the Twerms Came 1972

Film adaptations[]

Film Year Role
2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 Writer
2010: The Year We Make Contact 1984 Novel
Trapped in Space 1994 Short story

Television adaptations[]

Series Episode Role
Tales of Tomorrow All the Time in the World Writer
The Twilight Zone The Star Short story

Notes & Trivia[]

  • Arthur C. Clarke was knighted by the British monarchy in 1998, and was awarded Sri Lanka's highest civil honour, Sri Lankabhimanya, in 2005.

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