Report on Planet Three and Other Speculations

London: Victor Gollancz, 1972.

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Hardcover. First edition. Ownership signature of Ian Macauley, fine in a slightly spine-faded, near fine dustwrapper. Receipt from the publisher laid in. Inscribed by Arthur C. Clarke to his protégé, one-time secretary, and longtime friend Macauley; "To Ian, who is welcome to steal any of it. Arthur. Lo. Aug 72." Macauley was the dedicatee of Clarke's first published hardcover novel, *Islands in the Sky*, and was an award-winning *New York Times* journalist. He also edited Clarke's book of collected essays, *Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!* (2000). Clarke wrote the last chapter of *Childhood's End*, while visiting Macauley in Atlanta in 1952, where he was reportedly greatly influenced by their discussions. A nice association copy of this miscellany, mainly speculations on space, and some reprints of earlier essays. Macauley has made a pen emendation in the text, apparently while preparing the essays for the collected volume.

Item #305916
ISBN: 0575013311

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Item #305916 Report on Planet Three and Other Speculations. Arthur C. CLARKE.
Report on Planet Three and Other Speculations
Report on Planet Three and Other Speculations
Report on Planet Three and Other Speculations
Report on Planet Three and Other Speculations

Arthur C. Clarke
birth name: Arthur Charles Clarke
born: 12/16/1917
died: 3/19/2008

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English science-fiction writer, oceanographer, inventor of the communications satellite (honest!), best known for his collaboration with director Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey.more

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