Arthur C. Clarke

From Heinlein's thought-provoking "Searchlight" and Clarke's dreamy "Reverie", to Asimov's ingenious "Super-Neutron", Bradbury's chilling "Zero Hour", and Zelazny's poetic masterpiece "A Rose for Ecclesiastes", each story explores deep questions of technology, humanity, and the unknown.

At first, only a few things are known about the celestial object that astronomers dub Rama. It is huge, weighing more than ten trillion tons....

From early work through classic stories and all the way to later work, this comprehensive short story collection encapsulates one of the great science fiction careers of all time....

This book contains 26 of the greatest science fiction stories ever written. They represent the considered verdict of the Science Fiction Writers of America....

From the savannas of Africa at the dawn of mankind to the rings of Saturn as man adventures to the outer rim of our solar system, 2001: A Space Odyssey is a journey unlike any other....

Twenty-seven years later, the Firstborn are back....

The Overlords appeared suddenly over every city - intellectually, technologically, and militarily superior to humankind....

It is the 21st century and humans have finally conquered the sea....

Dog Star was first published in the April 1962 issue of Galaxy....

Since the beginning of human history Mars has been an alluring dream - the stuff of legends, gods, and mystery. The planet most like ours, it has still been thought impossible to reach, let alone explore and inhabit. Now with the advent of a revolutionary new plan, all this has changed....

"Sleeping Beauty" was first published in the April 1957 issue of Infinity Science Fiction....

The Songs of Distant Earth was first published in the June 1958 issue of If....

Diaspar is Earth's last city - surrounded by deserts, on a world where the oceans have long since dried up. It is a domed, isolated, technological marvel....

When a celebrated science fiction writer takes to space on his first trip to Mars, he stumbles upon Mars' most carefully hidden secrets and threatens the future of the entire planet....

"History Lesson" was first published in the May 1949 issue of Startling Stories....

Watch out - the Earth just fell into a dark sun's orbit! Or maybe you'd rather visit a theme park called Hell? These are just two of the strange and unnerving tales you'll find in this collection....

Returned to the Earth of 2037 by the Firstborn, mysterious beings of almost limitless technological prowess, Bisesa Dutt is haunted by the memories of her five years spent on the strange alternate Earth....

The time: 200 years after man's first landing on the Moon. There are permanent populations established on the Moon, Venus, and Mars....

Time is running out for the passengers and crew of the tourist cruiser Selene, incarcerated in a sea of choking lunar dust....

Ha pasado lo impensable: ¿será este el primer encuentro de la humanidad con inteligencia extraterrestre? Llega el momento de la cita....