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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
Okay, I'm going to post some . . . gulp . . . science fiction books. But if anyone tells it, I'll deny it. 
In fact, I'm posting four. RosettaBooks is offering four selected works of Arthur C. Clarke in one volume (ebook), and for a great price it seems to me (remember: I usually have nothing to do with fiction books of any kind). They are The Deep Range, The Trigger, The Ghost from the Grand Banks, and Richter 10.
"The Selected Works of Arthur C. Clarke is a collection of four unique science-fiction novels penned by renowned sci-fi author, Arthur C. Clarke. This collection not only thrills and excites readers with Clarke’s passion for science-fiction and speculative work, but his words ask readers big questions about what it means to be human, and humanity’s relationship with nature and technology.
The Deep Range : A hundred years into the future, humanity lives mostly on the oceans—tending vast whale herds and plankton farms. Walter Franklin works on a submarine patrol—and his adventures under the sea are told in this riveting tale, set against the backdrop of a world both futuristic and familiar…
The Trigger : A team of scientists develops the ultimate passive weapon—a device that detonates all nitrate-based bombs. But even protective weaponry comes with moral dilemmas—and the device’s inventor struggles to keep the weapon from those with violent intentions…
The Ghost from the Grand Banks : An astonishing discovery is made when the two halves of the Titanic are raised from the seabed—six perfectly preserved bodies, including a beautiful woman who was not listed among the ship’s original passengers. The mission to discover her secret becomes obsessive—and dangerous…
Richter 10 : A violent earthquake killed Lewis Crane’s parents when he was just a child. Now grown up, he has devoted his life to protecting humankind from earthquakes. A renowned scientist, Crane has developed technology to fuse the Earth’s tectonic plates to stop earthquakes forever—but what repercussions will this have on the planet?"--Book(s) description(s) from Amazon.
I would say that this would be a good way to become acquainted with Arthur C. Clarke's works, but I'm sure that most MobileReaders who like science fiction have already checked him out at some point in time.
The price of this entire anthology/omnibus? Only $2.99! That's only 75 cents for each book!
The link to the Amazon webpage with this deal. |
If you are looking for a different spin on the typical space based science fiction I would highly recommend this collection.
The Deep Range is one of Arthur C Clarke's early full length novels and has a really interesting and unique take on the future of humanity.
The Ghost from the Grand Banks is one of my least favorite of Arthur C Clarke's books mostly because he was trying to influence current events with it.
The Trigger is a fairly interesting meditation on war that harkens back to Robert Oppenheimer's delusionment with the Manhattan Project for it's social and philosophical underpinnings. I believe like the later Rama novels the bulk of the ideas come from Mr. Clarke and the writing comes from his co-writer Michael Kube-McDowell.
Richter 10 is the one Arthur C Clarke book I hated. that I have read. It has multiple threads to the story that never really came together for me. It felt like Mr Clarke had either a bunch of ideas or short stories that he wanted to bring together but his co-writer Mike McQuay could not get them to work as a cohesive story.
Kindle Unlimited subscribers all four books are in KU. The Deep Range audiobook is also available to buy for $1.99 if you borrow or buy the book.
There is a lot more of Mr. Clarke's books in KU including a 4 volume set of his short stories. I have read most of this set and if you have an interest in the evolution of the Science Fiction genre I emphatically recommend them. Volume 1 is the weakest IMO because this volume contains his earliest stories and while they have some interesting ideas Mr. Clarke would revisited later in his career these stories are clearly a product of both an immature writer and of the time they were written in. The third and fourth volumes contain most of Mr. Clarke's best short stories. They really showcase how far he came from his origins to the powerhouse he became in the late 50's to the early 70's.