Excerpts from
Arthur C. Clarke: The Authorized Biography
By Neil McAleer

THIS PAGE: Introductory area and book's table of contents

Permission to reprint these excerpts was granted to MysteryVisits in 2004 by Neil McAleer. MysteryVisits is proud to be able to make this material available online. For the full account about Sir Arthur, however, please obtain the complete book, published by Contemporary Books (Chicago USA) and Victor Gollancz Ltd. (London UK).


At right: Neil McAleer with Sir Arthur C. Clarke in May 2004, at Clarke's desk in his home in Colombo, Sri Lanka. This photo – taken by Karl Anders, MD – was provided by Neil McAleer for use only on this page. It is not featured in Arthur C. Clarke: The Authorized Biography, which includes photos available up until 1992.


Foreword by Ray Bradbury
Foreword by Sir Patrick Moore
Preface by McAleer
Chapter 1: New Moon over Somerset
Chapter 28: 1984 [Part One]
[Part Two]
Photos of Sir Arthur: May 2004
Editorial reviews

Introductory page – This page

CONTENTS Foreword [Bradbury | Moore] Preface Acknowledgments 1. New Moon over Somerset 2. Moonward from Ballifants 3. Terrestrial Inspirations 4. Ego in London 5. A Pantheist in the RAF 6. The Promise of Space 7. New Shores 8. Writer, with Wife 9. Toward Southern Stars 10. Around the World to Ceylon 11. Space Age Dreams 12. The Space Circuit 13. Down to Earth 14. Silver Linings 15. Paralysis 16. Return to Great Basses 17. The Genesis of 2001: A Space Odyssey 18. A Cosmic Classic 19. The Lunar Age Begins 20. Man on the Moon 21. Jetting for the Future 22. Set of the Sails

23. From Sri Lanka to Titan 24. Perturbations in Time 25. Transits, Eclipses 26. Odyssey’s Return 27. World Telecommunications Year 28. Nineteen Eighty-Four 29. A Near and Distant Earth 30. Borrowed Time 31. Threescore and Ten 32. New Lease on Life 33. Toward 20,001 Sources Index

READ THE EXCERPTS:

Foreword to the American edition by Ray Bradbury

Foreword by Sir Patrick Moore to the British edition

Preface by Neil McAleer

Chapter 1: New Moon over Somerset

Chapter 28: 1984




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