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"When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong." -- Arthur C. Clarke

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"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.""CNN is one of the participants in the war. I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected president but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power.""Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the phrases: 1- It's completely impossible. 2- It's possible, but it's not worth doing. 3- I said it was a good idea all along.""How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.""Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.""I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical.""I don't believe in God but I'm very interested in her.""I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about.""I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power.""If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong.""It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.""It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars.""It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God - but to create him.""New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along!""Our lifetime may be the last that will be lived out in a technological society.""Perhaps, as some wit remarked, the best proof that there is Intelligent Life in Outer Space is the fact it hasn't come here. Well, it can't hide forever - one day we will overhear it.""Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.""Reading computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as reading manuals without the software.""Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering.""The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.""The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.""The intelligent minority of this world will mark 1 January 2001 as the real beginning of the 21st century and the Third Millennium.""The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.""The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.""There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.""This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one.""We have to abandon the idea that schooling is something restricted to youth. How can it be, in a world where half the things a man knows at 20 are no longer true at 40 - and half the things he knows at 40 hadn't been discovered when he was 20?"

Total Books: 894

2011 - The Ghost From the Grand Banks (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780553293876
ISBN-10: 0553293877
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Currently 3.5/5 Stars.

2007 - Firstborn [Time Odyssey, Bk 3] (Hardcover) → Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780345491572
ISBN-10: 0345491572
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Currently 3.4/5 Stars.

2006 - Sunstorm [Time Odyssey, Bk 2] (Paperback) → Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780345452511
ISBN-10: 0345452518
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Currently 3.4/5 Stars.

2005 - Sunstorm [Time Odyssey, Bk 2] (Hardcover) → Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780345452504
ISBN-10: 034545250X
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Currently 3.1/5 Stars.

2005 - Time's Eye [Time Odyssey, Bk 1] (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780345452474
ISBN-10: 034545247X
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Currently 3.6/5 Stars.

2001 - 2061 Odysse Trois [2061: Odyssey Three - French] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782277230755
ISBN-10: 2277230758
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy

2001 - The Light of Other Days (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780812576405
ISBN-10: 0812576403
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Currently 3.9/5 Stars.

2000 - The Trigger (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780553576207
ISBN-10: 0553576208
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Currently 3.4/5 Stars.

2000 - The Light of Other Days (Hardcover) → Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780312871994
ISBN-10: 0312871996
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Substores

Currently 3.7/5 Stars.

1999 - 2010 Odysse Deux [2010: Odyssey Two - French] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782277217213
ISBN-10: 2277217212
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy

1998 - 3001 the Final Odyssey [Space Odyssey, Bk 4] (Paperback) → Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780345423498
ISBN-10: 0345423496
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Currently 3.7/5 Stars.

1997 - Richter 10 (Paperback) → Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780553573336
ISBN-10: 0553573330
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Currently 3.2/5 Stars.

1997 - 3001 the Final Odyssey [Space Odyssey, Bk 4 - Audio Cassette - Abridged] (Audio Cassette)
ISBN-13: 9780679459521
ISBN-10: 0679459529
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Currently 3.5/5 Stars.

1996 - Richter Ten (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780553097085
ISBN-10: 0553097083
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Currently 3.5/5 Stars.

1994 - The Hammer of God (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette
ISBN-13: 9780553568714
ISBN-10: 055356871X
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Currently 3.8/5 Stars.

1994 - Rama Revealed the Ultimate Encounter (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780553095364
ISBN-10: 0553095366
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Currently 3.7/5 Stars.

1992 - The Garden of Rama [Rama, Bk 3] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780553298178
ISBN-10: 0553298178
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Currently 3.6/5 Stars.

1991 - Glidepath (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780553290523
ISBN-10: 0553290525
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy

1991 - Imperial Earth (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780553288773
ISBN-10: 0553288776
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Currently 3.4/5 Stars.

1990 - The Ghost From the Grand Banks (Hardcover) → Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780553072228
ISBN-10: 0553072226
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Currently 3.1/5 Stars.

1990 - Rama II the Sequel to Rendezvous with Rama (Paperback) → Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780553286588
ISBN-10: 0553286587
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Currently 3.5/5 Stars.

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1990 - Beyond the Fall of Night (Hardcover) → Paperback, Hardcover

1989 - Rama II the Sequel to Rendezvous with Rama (Hardcover) → Paperback

1989 - Cradle (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover

1989 - 2061 Odyssey Three (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover

1988 - Cradle (Hardcover) → Paperback, Hardcover

1988 - 2061 Odyssey Three (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover

1987 - Childhood's End (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD

1987 - The Songs of Distant Earth (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette

1986 - The Songs of Distant Earth and Other Stories (Paperback) → Paperback

1986 - The Songs of Distant Earth (Hardcover) → Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette

1984 - 1984 Spring a Choice of Futures (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover

1984 - 2010 Odyssey Two [Space Odyssey, Bk 2] (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette

1984 - The Fountains of Paradise (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD

1983 - The Sentinel (Hardcover) → Paperback, Hardcover

1982 - 2010 Odyssey Two [Space Odyssey, Bk 2] (Hardcover) → Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette

1982 - Report on Planet Three (Paperback) → Paperback

1982 - The Wind From the Sun (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover

1978 - The VIew From Serendip (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover

1978 - Imperial Earth (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover

1976 - Imperial Earth (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover

1973 - Glide Path (Paperback) → Paperback

1963 - Glide Path (Paperback) → Paperback

1960 - Islands in the Sky (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD

The Ghost From the Grand Banks (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover

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