{"product_id":"clarke-a-sentinel-9780586212042","title":"Clarke A Sentinel","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe best collection ever of Arthur C. Clarke's short fiction, including the stories on which 2001: A Space Odyssey and Childhood's End were based.The Sentinel is a magnificent retrospective showcase of Arthur C. Clarke's finest shorter fiction. Spanning four decades of writing, this book includes many gems of a genius at the height of his powers. The title piece is the story that inspired 2001. Guardian Angel' is a rarely anthologised work that gave birth to Childhood's End, and The Songs of Distant Earth' is the original version of Clarke's own favourite novel.Along with other vaulting tales of imagination are fascinating introductions telling the history of each story from conception to completion.From one of the greatest science-fiction writers of all time. The Sentinel is one of those all-too-few collections that must be read, re-read, then treasured.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Clarke is one of the greatest imaginative writers of hard science fiction’\u003cbr\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘Arthur Clarke is one of the true geniuses of our time’\u003cbr\u003eRay Bradbury\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘Arthur C. Clarke is the prophet of the space age’\u003cbr\u003eThe Times\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘A one-man literary Big Bang, Clarke has originated his own vast and teeming futurist universe’\u003cbr\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘3001 is not just a page-turner, plugged in to the great icons of HAL and the monoliths, but a book of wisdom too, pithy and provocative’\u003cbr\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘Arthur C. Clarke is blessed with one of the most astounding imaginations ever encountered in print’\u003cbr\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘One of the truly prophetic figures of the space age… the colossus of science fiction’\u003cbr\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865144340823,"sku":"9780586212042","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780586212042.jpg?v=1722273748","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/clarke-a-sentinel-9780586212042","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}