Rama II

Informationen zum Autor Arthur C. Clarke was born in Minehead in 1917. During the Second World War he served as an RAF radar instructor, rising to the rank of Flight-Lieutenant. After the war he won a BSc in physics and mathematics with first class honours from King's College, London. One of the most respected of all science-fiction writers, he also won the KALINGA PRIZE, the AVIATION SPACE-WRITERS PRIZE,and the WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE WRITING PRIZE. He also shared an OSCAR nomination with Stanley Kubrick for the screenplay of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, which was based on his story, 'The Sentinel'. He lived in Sri Lanka from 1956 until his death in 2008.To discover more about how the legacy of Sir Arthur is being honoured today, please visit http://www.clarkefoundation.org Gentry Lee held a number of important posts in NASA's deep-space exploration programme, which made him an ideal writing partner for Arthur C. Clarke. He has also been a screenwriter on Carl Saga's COSMOS TV series. Lee co-wrote RAMA II, GARDEN OF RAMA and CRADLE with Arthur C. Clarke Gentry Lee held a number of important posts in NASA's deep-space exploration programme, which made him an ideal writing partner for Arthur C. Clarke. He has also been a screenwriter on Carl Saga's COSMOS TV series. Lee co-wrote RAMA II, GARDEN OF RAMA and CRADLE with Arthur C. Clarke Klappentext The sequel to the only SF novel to sweep all SF awards and one of the bestsellers of all time Zusammenfassung The sequel to the only SF novel to sweep all SF awards and one of the bestsellers of all time

Product details

• Authors: Arthur C. Clarke, Sir Arthur C. Clarke, Gentry Lee, Lee Gentry
• Publisher: Gollancz
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.01.2006
• EAN: 9780575077225
• ISBN: 978-0-575-07722-5
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 110 mm x 176 mm x 30 mm
• Assisted by: Gentry Lee
• Series: GOLLANCZ S.F.; Gateway Essentials; GOLLANCZ S.F.; Gollancz; Gateway Essentials
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; FICTION / Science Fiction / Space Opera, FICTION / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure, FICTION / Science Fiction / Space Exploration