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Arthur C Clarke
Topic Started: Oct 31 2005, 07:10 PM (125 Views)
Fremskritt	Oct 31 2005, 07:10 PM Post #1
The poster formerly known as TP Posts: 11,047 Group: Members Member #22 Joined: October 30, 2005 Gender Male	Has anybody read any of his books? I've done it, and I love them. It was actually Clarke who brought me into sci-fi in the first place. I was looking for something to read at the library, and found some of his books. I knew that people thought he was good, so I decided to take the chance. I didn't regret it for one moment. Rather the opposite. Books by Clarke to look for: The Songs of Distant Earth Rendezvous with Rama Rama II Garden of Ramna Rama Revealed The last four are actually a series, so you should read them in the order I've listed them.



Hlfranklin	Oct 31 2005, 07:12 PM Post #2
Tainted Soul Posts: 15,106 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 30, 2005 Gender Male Innate Color Red Zodiac Sign Cancer	The Person Oct 31 2005, 11:10 PM Has anybody read any of his books? I've done it, and I love them. It was actually Clarke who brought me into sci-fi in the first place. I was looking for something to read at the library, and found some of his books. I knew that people thought he was good, so I decided to take the chance. I didn't regret it for one moment. Rather the opposite. Books by Clarke to look for: The Songs of Distant Earth Rendezvous with Rama Rama II Garden of Ramna Rama Revealed The last four are actually a series, so you should read them in the order I've listed them. I have only read, The songs of distant earth. I liked it.



Fremskritt	Oct 31 2005, 07:19 PM Post #3
The poster formerly known as TP Posts: 11,047 Group: Members Member #22 Joined: October 30, 2005 Gender Male	You should read the Rama series as well. Those books kept me up until 3 AM many a night. I think that The Songs of Distant Earth is so good because it's so sad in the end. I actually felled a tear at the poor guy who left his love centuries behind. I could go on for hours about the big contrast between that and his time on Thalassa.



Hlfranklin	Oct 31 2005, 07:22 PM Post #4
Tainted Soul Posts: 15,106 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 30, 2005 Gender Male Innate Color Red Zodiac Sign Cancer	The Person Oct 31 2005, 11:19 PM You should read the Rama series as well. Those books kept me up until 3 AM many a night. I think that The Songs of Distant Earth is so good because it's so sad in the end. I actually felled a tear at the poor guy who left his love centuries behind. I could go on for hours about the big contrast between that and his time on Thalassa. Yah, I like books with sad endings it just, I can't explian it really.



The Omega	Oct 31 2005, 07:41 PM Post #5
For ze Motherland! Posts: 738 Group: Members Member #21 Joined: October 30, 2005	Read the Rama series. Really liked it.



Specialist290	Oct 31 2005, 08:46 PM Post #6
Admin-type Guy Posts: 8,750 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: October 1, 2005	Read 2001 and in the process of reading (translation: has not picked up again in some time and forgot where it is) 2061. Both of them seemed pretty interesting, and if/when I finish my David Weber books, recently-acquired history on the Ottoman Empire, my own Penguin paperback copy of the Saga of the Volsungs (bought on a whim), John Keegan's book on the Pelopponesian War, and a myriad selection of others that I'm all trying to read at the moment, I'll probably get back to it.
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The Omega	Oct 31 2005, 08:48 PM Post #7
For ze Motherland! Posts: 738 Group: Members Member #21 Joined: October 30, 2005	I've read the entire Space Odessy series.



Fremskritt	Nov 2 2005, 01:00 PM Post #8
The poster formerly known as TP Posts: 11,047 Group: Members Member #22 Joined: October 30, 2005 Gender Male	Me too, but I didn't like them as much as the Rama series.



Chukchi Husky	Nov 2 2005, 03:43 PM Post #9
Lone Wolf Posts: 8,237 Group: Members Member #11 Joined: October 11, 2005 Zodiac Sign Pisces	Never heard of him...
	I beg for my tummy to be scratched...


Fremskritt	Nov 2 2005, 04:36 PM Post #10
The poster formerly known as TP Posts: 11,047 Group: Members Member #22 Joined: October 30, 2005 Gender Male	You never hear of any authors, do you?



Chukchi Husky	Nov 2 2005, 05:43 PM Post #11
Lone Wolf Posts: 8,237 Group: Members Member #11 Joined: October 11, 2005 Zodiac Sign Pisces	No...
	I beg for my tummy to be scratched...


Fremskritt	Nov 2 2005, 06:01 PM Post #12
The poster formerly known as TP Posts: 11,047 Group: Members Member #22 Joined: October 30, 2005 Gender Male	Well, if you don't read books (like you say you don't), I'm not surprised.



Chukchi Husky	Nov 2 2005, 06:16 PM Post #13
Lone Wolf Posts: 8,237 Group: Members Member #11 Joined: October 11, 2005 Zodiac Sign Pisces	I'm sorry...
	I beg for my tummy to be scratched...


Fremskritt	Nov 2 2005, 06:26 PM Post #14
The poster formerly known as TP Posts: 11,047 Group: Members Member #22 Joined: October 30, 2005 Gender Male	No need to be.



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