Arthur C. Clarke

Childhood's End

Alien ships arrive peacefully but their presence heralds humanity's transition to a new cosmic age

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Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke

Arthur C. Clarke was a British science fiction author and futurist celebrated for his hard SF vision and his collaboration with Stanley Kubrick on 2001: A Space Odyssey. He famously proposed the concept of geostationary communication satellites years before they were built. His fiction combined rigorous scientific extrapolation with a sense of cosmic wonder.

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