Report on Planet Three

by Arthur C. Clarke

Book Overview

In addition to being one of Science Fiction's greatest writers, Sir Arthur C. Clarke was also one of our foremost thinkers and visionaries, producing a number of highly readable and important... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451115732
• ISBN13: 9780451115737
• Release Date: January 1973
• Publisher: Signet
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 1.0" x 1.0"

Customer Reviews

Strong Mojo

This book opened my eyes when I first read it in 1985.

The Best Clarke You'll Probably Never Read

This book is out of print and pretty hard to find, but if you ever come across a copy of it I highly reccommend you pick it up. It is a masterpiece of speculative essays. In it, Clarke accurately predicts many things... of course lots of things about space and satellite communications, and even an accurate description of the internet! Also of note are essays on what we should do if we have contact with an alien race, a debunking of UFO sightings (much needed), a debunking of the cliche "nothing is impossible" with a listing of things that are, much talk on the speed of light and relativity, and of course a lot about space. The two most interesting essays in my view are one that speculates on what the Star of Bethleham (Clarke settles on a supernova). Also, there is the short essay "God and Einstein" which is one of the most thought-provoking things I have ever read in my life. Highly reccommended.

What one man can conceive

This collection of 23 essays on the future of man and his technology is truly amazing. Written almost fifty years ago, ACC describes the requirements and experience of going to space, going to the moon, going to the planets and going to the stars... Often with original points-of-view and fantastic mental experiments. The best of all is how accurate his conceptions, predictions and extrapolations are. This book opens one's mind to who, what and where humanity is.