Clarke - Libros y biografía

Jadis, les hommes exploraient les galaxies, mais ils en ont été chassés par des ennemis dont le souvenir s'est effacé. Aujourd'hui, à Diaspar, admirable cité close sur elle-même et sagement gérée par...

This is a memoir as wry, funny, moving and vivid as its inimitable subject himself. A joy for both lifelong fans and for a whole new generation.'One of Britain's outstanding poets' – Sir Paul McCartney'Riveting'...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Nothing short of dazzling' – Alex Turner, musician and frontman of the Arctic Monkeys'A big-hearted poet of boundless humour and unmistakable style' – Kit Fan, GuardianDr...

'The godfather of British performance poetry' - Daily TelegraphThe Luckiest Guy Alive is the first new book of poetry from Dr John Cooper Clarke for several decades – and a brilliant, scabrous, hilarious...

Written when landing on the moon was still a dream, and made into one of the most influential films of all time, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY remains a classic work of science fiction fifty years after its...

The multi-award-winning SF masterpiece from one of the greatest SF writers of all timeRama is a vast alien spacecraft that enters the Solar System. A perfect cylinder some fifty kilometres long, spinning...

Colonists from the entire solar system converge on the mother planet for the 2276 celebrations.Among the influx of humanity is Duncan Makenzie, scientist-administrator from the underground colony of Titan,...

By Space Possessed brings together Clarke's essays on travel to the planets and beyond in a form where they can be read individually or as a continuing narrative. It describes the history of an enthusiasm...

Arthur C. Clarke's classic in which he ponders humanity's future and possible evolutionWhen the silent spacecraft arrived and took the light from the world, no one knew what to expect. But, although the...

A fast-moving mystery adventure by one of the world's greatest ever SF writersIt is 2010. In two years' time it will be the centennial of the sinking of the Titanic. Two of the world's most powerful corporations...

This is the story of how a world could be resurrected¿Mars is a barren planet, almost without atmosphere and with a temperature ranging from near zero to 120 degrees below. No water flows and there is...

The Hammer of God is vintage Clarke: superb storytelling, authentic science, and wonderful vignettes of life in the twenty-second century on Earth, the Moon, Mars - and in space.'The Hammer of God', the...

Everyone knows the famous words: “‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house . . .” Clement C. Moore’s famous poem was written in 1822 and has been a holiday classic ever since. This...

Le jeune Roy Malcolm gagne un concours télévisé qui lui permet de faire un stage sur une station orbitale. Mais son séjour là-haut se révèle encore plus aventureuse que même lui aurait osé rêver !

La nouvelle traduction d'un des romans majeurs des littératures de l'imaginaire. Nous sommes en 2001. L'humanité ne sera plus jamais la même. La science-fiction non plus, après la publication en 1968...

Fauvel a perdu un œil suite à un tir de LBD. Elle accepte de garder la chienne du père d'une de ses amies dans une maison isolée à la campagne. Hannah n'est pas un chien comme les autres, c'est le clone...

Man spends on average a third of his life sleeping. But sleeping does not mean completely cutting the bridges with reality or "turning us off", on the contrary, our sleep is an active phenomenon that...

A People magazine must-read of summer! "Suiter Clarke paints a devastating portrait of a cultlike institution and a town in its thrall. It’s even worse than we imagined."  — New York Times Book ReviewA...

Clarke's masterful evocation of the far future of humanity, considered his finest novelMen had built cities before, but never such a city as Diaspar. For millennia its protective dome shut out the creeping...

The time: 200 years after man's first landing on the Moon. There are permanent populations established on the Moon, Venus and Mars. Outer space inhabitants have formed a new political entity, the Federation,...

It is the twenty-first century. On Mars a dedicated group of pioneers - among them some of Earth's finest brains - struggle to change the face of the planet . . .Science fiction writer Martin Gibson finally...

Par l'auteur de 2001 : L'Odyssée de l'espace ! En un instant, une force inconnue a morcelé la Terre en une mosaïque d'époques, de la préhistoire à l'an 2037. Un gigantesque puzzle qui résume l'évolution...

« Arthur C. Clarke est un des véritables génies de notre époque. »Ray Bradbury« Le colosse de la science-fiction. »The New York TimesGrand maître de la science-fiction, Arthur C. Clarke fut l'un des principaux...

« Arthur C. Clarke est un des véritables génies de notre époque. » Ray Bradbury « Le colosse de la science-fiction. » The New York Times Ils sont apparus sans crier gare, leurs immenses vaisseaux flottant...

Martin Gibson, célèbre auteur de science-fiction, fait une visite sur la planète rouge pour réaliser un reportage sur la petite colonie humaine établie là-bas. Mars et ses habitants lui réservent bien...

La Terre se meurt et les derniers représentants de l'espèce humaine prennent place à bord du Magellan pour un voyage de plusieurs centaines d'années. Au cours d'une escale sur une planète-océan colonisée...

Les Premiers-Nés - la mystérieuse espèce extraterrestre, déjà connue par les fans de science-fiction pour avoir édifié le monolithe noir de 2001 : l'Odyssée de l'espace - ont hanté l'oeuvre de Sir Arthur...

De retour sur Terre en 2037, Bisesa Dutt est hantée par les souvenirs de son séjour sur Mir, cet étrange monde-mosaïque de régions et d'époques arrachées à l'histoire de l'humanité. Dans quelle intention...

The railroads of the United States, now aggregating a hundred and fifty thousand miles and having several hundred different managements, are frequently spoken of comprehensively as the railroad system...

Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke's 'For the Term of His Natural Life' is a riveting novel set in the Australian penal system during the 19th century. The book explores themes of justice, redemption, and the...