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The Sir Arthur C. Clarke Memorial Trophy Inter School Astronomy Quiz Competition, held in Sri Lanka every year and organised by the Astronomical Association of Ananda College, Colombo. The competition started in 2001 as "The Sir Arthur C. Clarke Trophy Inter School Astronomy Quiz Competition" and was renamed after his death. [156] [157]
In the book, Clarke recounts his childhood in rural England spent reading issues of the American science fiction pulp magazine Astounding Stories of Super-Science (currently published as Analog), his early adulthood in London participating in activities (and serving as treasurer) of the British Interplanetary Society, and his later years in Sri Lanka and elsewhere.
The Fountains of Paradise is a 1979 science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke.Set in the 22nd century, it describes the construction of a space elevator.This "orbital tower" is a giant structure rising from the ground and linking with a satellite in geostationary orbit at the height of approximately 36,000 kilometres (approx. 22,300 miles).
The Loft family left Owego and boarded the Erie train to take them to the village of Deposit, New York. The next day, Feb. 17, 1852, the three gave a concert to the people of the Deposit area ...
Tim has become a laughing stock of the rockies as he flees into hiding with his foolish-looking foot exposes, As the time goes by Tim turns into a wild man becomes real proud of his own big foot. Meanwhile Bill and Greame hunts down Big Foot, in the end the duo chases Tim around the big hillside causing they own feet to grow into huge size.
"Summertime on Icarus" is a science fiction short story by British writer Arthur C. Clarke, first published in Vogue in 1960. It was also published under the title "The Hottest Piece of Real Estate in the Solar System".
Text by Arthur C. Clarke. New York: Harper & Row, 1964 — Volume 3 of the Blue Planet Trilogy; Voices from the Sky: Previews of the Coming Space Age. New York: Harper & Row, 1965; The Promise of Space. New York: Harper, 1968; Into Space: a Young Person’s Guide to Space, by Arthur C. Clarke and Robert Silverberg. New York: Harper & Row, 1971
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 2001, is a collection of almost all science fiction short stories written by Arthur C. Clarke. It includes 114 [1] stories, arranged in order of publication, from "Travel by Wire!" in 1937 through to "Improving the Neighbourhood" in 1999.