Favourite Arthur C. Clarke

[J-Sun]

Yeah, it seems a lot of people did. Maybe I'm weird there. I'm a huge Asimov fan and quite a fan of Silverberg, too, and just found the books more like oil and water rather than chocolate and peanut butter.

Huh. Then again, another thing is that I often dislike it when stories (especially long-standing classics) are blown up into novels, so that may have something to do with it as well.

Sorry, though - I didn't mean to take things off topic.

 

[AE35Unit]

Ah now altho I did enjoy them I definitely feel they're more Silverberg than Asimov.
And I think thats the case with the Rama sequels. They're more Gentry Lee than Clarke. And who is Gentry Lee?

 

[clovis-man]

And who is Gentry Lee?

Someone willing to travel to Sri Lanka. I'm sure that's way too facetious, especially since I struggled all the way through the entire series. But the air of mystery and frustrated discovery evinced by the first novel just seemed to melt to slush as the succeeding books appeared.

Shoot, I even bought the video game.

 

[AE35Unit]

Ha i remember a computer game back when I had a Commodore 64 home computer. Text based adventure with basic graphics. Never played it myself and only found out about it much much later

 

[Rodders]

2010 was my personal favourite of Clarke's. Closely followed by 2001 and Rendezvouz with Rama.

 

[joolzred]

My favorite Clarke is still classically 2001, even loved all the follow ups.

Me too - and the Rama I, II, III, IV series even more I think, on balance. I enjoy Clarke's exploration of family groups in the later Rama novels as Nicole is led on her extraordinary odyssey - Clarke also 'built' his own family in Sri Lanka similarly and it's fascinating to see the themes reflected in his later novels.

 

[AE35Unit]

Me too - and the Rama I, II, III, IV series even more I think, on balance. I enjoy Clarke's exploration of family groups in the later Rama novels as Nicole is led on her extraordinary odyssey - Clarke also 'built' his own family in Sri Lanka similarly and it's fascinating to see the themes reflected in his later novels.

Well actually most of the stuff in those later Rama sequels was written by Gentry Lee, with Clarke's name simply added to sell books. That's what I think anyway. Many on here hate them, probably for that reason. I myself quite enjoyed them regardless, tho they're not a patch on the original, and really I wish it had stopped at the first book.

 

[eellenlit]

Childhood's End . . . probably too easy but seriously, is it not his best?

 

[Ian The Poet]

A Fall of Moondust, is one of my favourites.

 

[SpanishMill]

**ancient thread disclaimer **

I first read "The Sentinel" stories... the book is called The Sentinel and it contains a short story called the The Sentinel... it was the seed that planted the Odyssey series...

 

[AE35Unit]

**ancient thread disclaimer **

I first read "The Sentinel" stories... the book is called The Sentinel and it contains a short story called the The Sentinel... it was the seed that planted the Odyssey series...

Indeed it is! Its also in another Clarke collection I have.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

I guess I enjoyed Rendevous with Rama the most, followed closely by Childhood's End and 2001: A Space Odyssey. (Hard to say objectively, since as a twelve-year-old SF fan I fell madly in love with the movie the first time I saw it.)

Short stories: "The Sentinal," "The Star," and "The Nine Billion Names of God" stand out for me.

 

[SpanishMill]

yeah, i just recently acquired "Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!" it's a 500+ page book of essays going back to 1934.

 

[SpanishMill]

Short stories: "The Sentinal," "The Star," and "The Nine Billion Names of God" stand out for me.

I've been trying to find an "affordable"..."The Nine Billion Names of God" hardcover book. Why is that one sooo expensive?

 

[AE35Unit]

yeah, i just recently acquired "Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!" it's a 500+ page book of essays going back to 1934.

Yea I have that too. Its a whopper! Also his biography by Niel McAleer

 

[SpanishMill]

15 post to post links or pics.... ridiculous.

 

[j d worthington]

15 post to post links or pics.... ridiculous.

Um, no. not at all. It seriously cuts back on the spammers taking over the forums.....

 

[SpanishMill]

not in a forum that has 5 years of posts on one page... anyhow, I'm over it.

 

[Velocius quam lucem]

I've only read 10 of his books, and I recently read "The City and The Stars" and I loved every page. What amazes me is that it was a fairly early work of his, and it could fit in with modern SF novels quite well. (IMHO)

 

[SpanishMill]

I've only read 10 of his books, and I recently read "The City and The Stars" and I loved every page. What amazes me is that it was a fairly early work of his, and it could fit in with modern SF novels quite well. (IMHO)

Great book.... her's my 1956 edition...