Arthur Clarke

2 months ago | theportalist.com | Kayleigh Donaldson |Poul Anderson |Octavia E. Butler |Arthur Clarke

With centuries of work to its genre and countless millions of words in print, the history of science fiction is too vast to be summarized. It’s a field that encompasses endless themes, styles, ideas, and plots. It covers the full gamut of what it means to be human or alien. Even condensing the genre into its greatest writers is a task and a half.

2 months ago | theportalist.com | Orson Scott Card |Arthur Clarke |David Brin |Robert Silverberg

The new technological advances of the 1980s inspired authors to explore the possibilities of machines. Personal computers and video games become commonplace and this is reflected in the SF books of the decade. As the world became digital, authors imagined what the future could look like as humans become more reliant on, and more entangled with, technology. Books explored the blurring line between man and machine and the exciting or dangerous places it could lead to.

Jan 27, 2025 | theportalist.com | Archita Mittra |Terry Pratchett |Arthur Clarke |Robin Hobb

Diving into a speculative novel might sound like the perfect cozy evening, but do you know what’s even better? Devouring entire science fiction and fantasy book series in a span of few days or weeks—getting lost in a magical universe so intricate, with characters you grow to love or hate, following the ups and downs of their lives through the course of several long novels.

Dec 1, 2024 | newsletter.co.uk | Arthur Clarke

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Sep 13, 2024 | barnesandnoble.com | Colin Fleming |Michael Benson |Arthur Clarke

In Benson’s account, Clarke is the hero of the film’s genesis, perhaps as crucial in his way as Kubrick, as larger-than-life filmmaker, was. Clarke certainly gifted the film its entheogenic aspect, which obviously suited its times, but paid larger rewards later, outside of the psychedelia claptrap of the 1960s, and now more than ever, as our emotional scaffolding seems to break down more by the day, and we dose ourselves with the lies that make our existence more tenable.