Name: Against the Fall of Night
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Author: Arthur C. Clarke
ISBN: 9780795300042

Type

Physical Book

Author

Arthur C. Clarke

Publisher

RosettaBooks

Language

English

Pages

104

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 0.6 cm

Weight

0.16 kg.

ISBN13

9780795300042

Synopsis "Against the Fall of Night "

The renowned science fiction author's landmark novel of the last human born on a far future world-and his quest for the truth about existence.Living in the ten-billion-year-old city of Diaspar, Alvin is the last child born of humanity, and he is intensely curious about the outside world. But according to the oldest histories kept by the city fathers, there is no outside world-it was destroyed by the Invaders millions of years ago.One day, Alvin finds a rock with an inscription seemingly meant for him: "There is a better way. Give my greetings to the Keeper of the Records. Alaine of Lyndar." This cryptic message takes Alvin on a quest to discover humanity's true past-and its future.Originally published in the November 1948 issue of Startling Stories, Against the Fall of Night is a rich and intensely poetic vision of a distant future that's sure to delight fans of Clarke and science fiction as a genre."[Clarke is] one of the truly prophetic figures of the space age." -The New Yorker

Arthur C. Clarke

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Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) fue un escritor, científico inglés y miembro de la Orden del Imperio Británico. Fue presidente de la Sociedad Interplanetaria Británica, miembro de la Academia Astronáutica, de la Real Sociedad Astronómica, entre otras organizaciones científicas.

En su faceta de escritor, publicó un gran número de libros que han sido traducidos a más de treinta idiomas. En 1961 recibió el Premio Kalinga, otorgado por la Unesco, en reconocimiento a su labor como divulgador científico al gran público. Entre su obra cabe destacar la serie «Odisea espacial» -formada por 2001: Una odisea espacial (1968), 2010: Odisea dos (1982), 2061: Odisea tres (1987), 3001: Odisea final (1996)-, Rendez-vous with Rama (1972; Premio Nebula, 1973; Premio Hugo, 1974) y Cánticos de la lejana tierra (1986).

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