Russell's ebook Library
Childhood's End
Arthur C. Clarke
When the silent spacecraft arrived and took the light from the world, no one knew what to expect. But, although the Overlords kept themselves hidden from man, they had come to unite a warring world and to offer an end to poverty and crime.When they f...
The City and the Stars
Arthur C. Clarke
Men had built cities before, but never such a city as Diaspar; for millennia its protective dome shutout the creeping decay and danger of the world outside. Once, it held powers that rules the stars. But then, as legend had it, The invaders came, dri...
Cradle
Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee
In 1994, an experimental navy missile mysteriously disappears off the coast of Florida during testing. While investigating the link between the disappearance and some unusual whale sightings, journalist Carol Dawson finds much more: a strange golden ...
The Deep Range
Arthur C. Clarke
Since the beginning of time it had worked its will on humanity, and for as long as man could remember, he had struggled against its power.But in the 21st century the battle was won: the sea, mankind's age-old enemy, had finally been conquered. Profes...
Dolphin Island
Arthur C. Clarke
In the near future, a cargo hovership makes an emergency landing in a rural part of the Midwest.An adventurous teenager, Johnny Clinton sneaks on board — only to survive a second crash a few hours later, this time into the Pacific Ocean...The crew es...
A Fall of Moondust
Arthur C. Clarke
Time is running out for the passengers and crew of the tourist-cruiser "Selene", incarcerated in a sea of choking lunar dust. On the surface, her rescuers find their resources stretched to the limit by the pitiless and unpredictable conditions of a t...
The Fountains of Paradise
Arthur C. Clarke
In the 22nd century visionary scientist Vannevar Morgan conceives the most grandiose engineering project of all time, and one which will revolutionize the future of humankind of space: a Space Elevator, 36,000 kilometres high, anchored to an equatori...
The Ghost from the Grand Banks
Arthur C. Clarke
Two years before the centennial anniversary of the Titanic's demise, two powerful corporations are competing to raise the two halves of the famous ship. But what they find deep beneath the ocean's surface is more than they bargained for: six perfectl...
Glide Path
Arthur C. Clarke
A fascinating departure for the renowned science fiction author, Glide Path is an alternative history of the development of Ground Control Approach radar set during World War II.Clarke draws upon his own wartime experience as a radar control operator...
The Hammer of God
Arthur C. Clarke
A century into the future, technology has solved most of the problems that have plagued our time. However, a new problem is on the horizon — one greater than humanity has ever faced. A massive asteroid is racing toward the earth, and its impact could...
Imperial Earth
Arthur C. Clarke
In the year 2276, Duncan Makenzie travels from Saturn's moon, Titan, to Earth as a diplomatic envoy to the United States. As a member of Titan's 'First Family' descended from the moon's original settlers 500 years before, Duncan finds himself welcome...
The Last Theorem
Arthur C. Clarke and Frederik Pohl
The Last Theorem is a story of one man's mathematical obsession, and a celebration of the human spirit and the scientific method.It is also a gripping intellectual thriller in which humanity, facing extermination from all-but-omnipotent aliens, the G...
The Light of Other Days
Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter
’Space is what keeps everything from being in the same place. Right?’With these words Hiram Patterson, head of the giant media corporation OurWorld, launches the greatest communications revolution in history. With OurWorld’s development of wormhole t...
A Meeting With Medusa
Arthur C. Clarke
After the success of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Clarke became perhaps the best known living Sci-Fi writer in the world. Using his inherent sense of humor and personal flair for adventure, Clarke combines the worlds of science and literature.The award-win...
Prelude to Space
Arthur C. Clarke
The world’s first lunar spacecraft is about to launch. The ship, Prometheus, is built from two components — one designed to travel trough outter space to the Moon and back, and the other to carry the first component through Earth’s atmosphere and int...
Rama: The Omnibus
Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee
Rendezvous with Rama (1973)Rama is a vast alien spacecraft that enters the Solar System, a perfect cylinder some fifty kilometres long, spinning rapidly, racing through space, Rama is a technological marvel, a mysterious and deeply enigmatic alien ar...
Richter 10
Arthur C. Clarke and Mike McQuay
When he was seven years old, a major earthquake killed Lewis Crane's parents. As an adult, Crane has dedicated his life to protecting humanity from a similar tragedy. He's a Nobel-winning earthquake scientist, and the founder of the Foundation — an o...
The Space Trilogy
Arthur C. Clarke
The omnibus edition of three classic and inspirational Clarke talesISLANDS IN THE SKY, first published in 1954sees Roy Malcolm winning a trip to the Inner Station, a space station rotating 500 miles from Earth.THE SANDS OF MARS, first published in 19...
The Trigger
Arthur C. Clarke and Michael P. Kube-McDowell
In the middle of the 21st century, a team of scientists develops the ultimate protective weapon — a device that causes all nitrate-based bombs and explosives nearby to detonate automatically. It seems like a benevolent invention — one that will prote...
