Showing posts with label science fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label science fiction. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Best 15 Science Fiction Book Series?

An interesting list has appeared on The List Universe: Top 15 Science Fiction Book Series.

I find it a very interesting list. I have been looking for something new to read, and I guess I just might pick something for this post.

Still, I think Dune should have been ranked higher! For me, it's the best series of books ever. I even chose the first, Dune, as my One Book. Not an easy choice, I tell ya. Ender's game wasn't such an amazing story, in my opinion, so I would have given it a lower place in the list.

All in all, a cool list and worth a look.


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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Arthur C. Clarke has Passed Away

Yet another legend has passed away from the face of the earth: Science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke died at age 90.

After a diverse career as a writer, underwater explorer, space promoter and science populariser, Clarke said he would like to be remembered primarily as a writer and wished for peace in his adopted home Sri Lanka where had lived since 1956. Clarke was mostly known for his creation "2001: A Space Odyssey".

Clarke was knighted in 1998. He wrote dozens of novels and collections of short stories and more than 30 nonfiction works during his career, and served as a television commentator during several of the Apollo moon missions.

Among his novels: Prelude to Space, The Sands of Mars, Islands in the Sky, Childhood's End, Earthlight, The Deep Range, Dolphin Island, Glide Path, 2001: A Space Odyssey, 2010: Odyssey Two, The Songs of Distant Earth, 2061: Odyssey Three, The Ghost from the Grand Banks, The Hammer of God and much more.

"Its origin and purpose still a total mystery"


>> Arthur C. Clarke, 1917-2008
>> Arthur C. Clarke on Wikipedia
>> Sir Arthur C. Clarke Fan Site

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