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2001: A Space Odyssey
The story begins with a sort of prologue, it speaks of a group of man-apes. They usually only eat plants, nuts, berries etceteras. But one day somethi...

3001: The Final Odyssey
A frozen astronaut in deep space is brought back. He then tackles the problem of an extremely powerful computer slave, the Monolith, that has recieved...

A Fall of Moondust
A shuttle full of tourists is stranded on the moon, beneath the surface of a volatle sea of dust. The rescuers must race not only for the lives of the...

Childhood's End
In the late 20th century, giant spaceships station themselves over Earth's great cities, and an alien spokesperson named Karellen begins to deal with ...

Cradle
A spaceship comes to Earth, looking for a way to continue its voyage to save the aquatic species of Canthor....

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Earthlight
This fine but old book of Clarke tells us, this time, about political tensions between Earth and The Federation, which is a coalition of Mars, Venus a...



Fountains of Paradise
An exciting story of future technology that describes construction of a "space elevator" and all the trials and tribulations that go along with it! ...

Garden of Rama
Stranded in RAMA, Nicole Des Jardins tries to create a family. After New Eden is created by the Ramans, Nakamura tries to take over control and destr...

Islands in the Sky
This is basically a travelogue about a fairly ordinary kid who spends his vacation in an orbiting space station and has several adventures. Like many ...

Rama II
The Raman spaceship is back, a special team is sent again. Nicole Des Jardins takes us in a wonderful trip to discover more about RAMA....

Rama Revealed
In this final RAMA book. Humans and Octospiders try to bring down the corrupt government of New Eden. The Eagle interferes, and Nicole goes back to ...

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Rendezvous with Rama
In the 22nd century, a giant alien object is discovered while passing through our solar system. A mining ship is sent to rendezvous with this extrater...

Songs of Distant Earth
Loren Lorenson is a refugee from a destroyed earth. aboard the Starship Magellan, the last to flee the solar-system before its sun goes nova, the luck...

The Trigger
A new device is invented, called the Trigger. It is able to make a weapons explode. Later in the book, a Jammer is created to deactivate the weapons. ...

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