![]() ![]() ![]() Famous early stories like “Technical Error” and “Superiority” dealt with issues of problematic future technology.Ĭlarke’s 1962 novel A Fall of Moondust is very much a story of technical problems and how they are solved (and the resolution is a happier one than those in the other titles just mentioned). ![]() And of course the center section of 2001 is all about diagnosing a malfunctioning part, and dealing with a malfunctioning supercomputer. Prelude to Space (covered here) has its philosophical overtones, but is basically about the technical and political issues of launching a rocket to the moon. ![]() But another type of story turns up regularly throughout his career: the near-term technological puzzle story. Clarke is best known for his visionary, philosophical tales of human destiny, with their explorations of the depths of time and space, their brushing contact with godlike aliens: Childhood’s End, The City and the Stars, “The Star,” “The Nine Billion Names of God,” and of course 2001: A Space Odyssey. Clarke First Edition: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962.Ĭover art Arthur Hawkins. ![]()
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