Clarke, Prelude to space
Clarke, Prelude to space
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Clarke, Arthur C(harles). Prelude to space. London, Sidgwick and Jackson (1953). 8°. 176 p. Dark red original linen binding with a colour-illustrated dust jacket (by Gerard Quinn). Currey p. 101. Samuelson A 3 c. – First UK edition and first hardcover edition, as compared with the first American edition of 1951 (as a paperback, New York, World Editions Inc.), with textual revisions. – Written in 1947, the novel follows a historian documenting the upcoming launch of Prometheus, the world’s first moonbound spacecraft. It is highly regarded by science fiction collectors for its accurate technological predictions, which heavily mirrored the actual Space Shuttle program decades later. – „Sir Arthur Charles Clarke was one of the most visionary minds of the 20th century—a rare figure who bridged the worlds of hard science and speculative fiction with equal mastery. Born on December 16, 1917, in the small seaside town of Minehead, England, Clarke’s fascination with the future began early. As a boy, he devoured American science fiction pulp magazines and built his first telescope from cardboard tubes, gazing at the moon with a longing that would define his life’s work. … As a writer, Clarke’s career soared with the 1951 publication of Childhood’s End, a novel that explored human evolution and cosmic transcendence. His true masterpiece arrived in 1968: 2001: A Space Odyssey, which he developed in parallel with Stanley Kubrick’s landmark film. Both the novel and the film redefined science fiction, presenting a realistic, awe-inspiring vision of humanity’s journey into the cosmos“ (L. W. Currey). – The dust jacket has small areas missing from the top edge and is slightly scuffed, but is otherwise in very good condition.
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