About the Author

Arthur C. Clarke has long been considered the greatest science fiction writer of all time. Books by Clarke-both fiction and nonfiction-have sold more than a hundred million copies worldwide. He died in 2008.

Reviews

“The creations of Mr. Wells . . . belong unreservedly to an age and degree of scientific knowledge far removed from the present, though I will not say entirely beyond the limits of the possible.” —Jules Verne

"The creations of Mr. Wells . . . belong unreservedly to an age and degree of scientific knowledge far removed from the present, though I will not say entirely beyond the limits of the possible." -Jules Verne