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    Islands in the Sky by Arthur C. Clarke

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    • Pub. Date: March 1960
    • 1pp

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      • Pub. Date: March 1960
      • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
      • Format: Mass Market Paperback, 1pp

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      Arthur C. Clarke has long been considered the greatest science fiction writer of all time. He was an international treasure in many other ways, including the fact that a 1945 article by him led to the invention of satellite technology. Books by Clarke -- both fiction and nonfiction -- have sold more than one hundred million copies worldwide. He died in 2008.

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      Not Clarke's Finest Workby Anonymous

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      December 31, 2005: First thing you should know: This book was written over 50 years ago and it hasn't aged well. The plot is about a boy who wins a trip to a space station in a quiz show (if that isn't a plot that could only come from the 1950s, I don't know what is), but it's just a cheap excuse for Clarke to muse about what life in outer space will be like in the future. Several silly mini-adventures ensue before our protagonist returns to Earth, vowing to return someday soon. Some of Clarke's guesses about space flight were pretty good, considering man hadn't even entered space when this book was first published, but that doesn't make it any more interesting. Pass on this one unless you are a die-hard Clarke fan.

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      August 28, 2001: The story of 'Island in the Sky' centers around a young man, who, after brilliantly winning a space-related competition, requests a vacation on a space station as his prize. It is written with Arthur C. Clark's obvious knowledge of science, but moves at a page turning rate througout the entire narrative. The short novel gives a realistic possiblilty of work and play in future space, hightened with constant excitment and action. Charater development is very good, as are the not-overdone (but still awsome) visual descriptions.