The following was retrieved from the SF-Lovers Forum of BITNet where it was posted by Todd Ogasawara. It is taken from a bio/biblio sent to him by Clarke. Arthur C. Clarke, B.Sc., F.R.A.S., F.R.S.A., F.B.I.S. was born at Minehead, Somerset in 1917 and educated at Huish's Grammar School, Taunton. He joined H.M. Exchequer & Audit Department in 1936, then served in the RAF. While running the prototype GCA (Ground Controlled Approach) radar, he developed the basic theory of Communication Satellites, and published it in 1945. After demobilisation, he took First Class Honours in Physics and Mathematics at King's College, London, which later elected him Fellow. From 1948 to 1950 he was Assistant Editor of Physics Abstracts at the Institution of Electrical Engineers. He was Chairman of the British Interplanetary Society 1946/7, 1950/3. Since 1954 his interest in underwater exploration has taken him to the Great Barrier Reef of Australia and the Indian Ocean, and he is now a director of the Colombo-based Underwater Safaris. He has published more than seventy books and made many appearances on Radio and TV, most notably with Walter Cronkite on CBS during the Apollo missions. His 13-part "Mysterious World" and "Strange Powers" TV programmes have been seen worldwide. He is a Council Member of the Society of Authors, a Vice-President of the H. G. Wells Society and a member of many other Scientific and Literary Organisations. His honours include several Doctorates in science and literature, a Franklin Institute Gold medal, The Marconi Fellowship, the Charles A Lindbergh Award, the UNESCO-Kalinga Prize, and an Oscar Nomination for the Screenplay of 2001: A Space Odyssey. In 1987 he was invited to New Delhi to deliver the Nehru Memorial Lecture, under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. He has also been Vikram Sarabhai Professor at the Physical Research Laboratories, Ahmedabad. His recreations include observing the Equatorial skies with a 14" telescope, table-tennis, diving, and playing with his Rhodesian Ridgeback and his six computers. He has lived in Sri Lanka for the past 30 years, and in 1979. President Jayewardene appointed him Chancellor of the University of Moratuwa, near Colombo, which is also the location of the government- established Arthur Clarke Centre for Modern Technologies, specialising in communications and computers. BOOKS BY ARTHUR C. CLARKE (as of 05 Sep 88) Non-Fiction Ascent to Orbit ASTOUNDING Days The Challenge of the Sea The Challenge of the Spaceship The Coast of Coral The Exploration of the Moon The Exploration of Space Going Into Space Interplanetary Flight The Making of a Moon Interplanetary Flight Profiles of the Future The Promise of Space The Reefs of Taprobane Report on Planet Three The View from Serendip Voice Across the Sea Voices From the Sky The Young Traveller in Space 1984: Spring With Mike Wilson Boy Beneath the Sea The First Five Fathoms Indian Ocean Adventure Indian Ocean Treasure The Treasure of the Great Reef With the Editors of LIFE Man and Space With the Astronauts First on the Moon With Robert Silverberg Into Space With Chesley Bonestell Beyond Jupiter With Simon Welfare & John Fairley Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World Arthur C Clarke's World of Strange Powers Arthur C Clarke's Chronicles of the Strange & Mysterious With Peter Hyams The Odyssey File With the Editors of OMNI Arthur C Clarke's July 20, 2019 Arthur Clarke has also edited:- The Coming of the Space Age Fiction (* indicates anthologies) *Across the Sea of Stars Against the Fall of Night Childhood's End The City and the Stars The Deep Range Dolphin Island Earthlight Expedition to Earth A Fall of Moondust The Fountains of Paradise *From the Oceans, From the Stars Glide Path Imperial Earth Islands in the Sky The Lion of Comarre The Lost Worlds of 2001 A Meeting With Medusa *The Nine Billion Names of God The Other Side of the Sky *Prelude to Mars Prelude to Space Reach For Tomorrow Rendezvous with Rama The Sands of Mars The Songs of Distant Earth *The Sentinel Tales From the "White Hart" Tales of Ten Worlds The Wind from the Sun 2001: A Space Odyssey 2010: Odyssey Two 2061: Odyssey Three U.K. Only *An Arthur C Clarke Omnibus *An Arthur C Clarke Second Omnibus *The Best of Arthur C Clarke *Four Great S.F. Novels *Of Time and Stars *2001, etc. With Paul Preuss Breaking Strain (VENUS PRIME 1) Maelstrom (VENUS PRIME 2) With Gentry Lee Cradle Science Fiction Hall of Fame, III Three for Tomorrow Time Probe IN PRESS/COMPLETED (as of 25 Feb 89) 1. ASTOUNDING DAYS (Gollancz, Bantam) 2. INMARSAT HISTORY (Introduction) 3. VENUS PRIME III: HIDE AND SEEK (Afterword) (Paul Preuss/Avon) 4. VENUS PRIME IV: MEDUSA (Afterword) 5. VENUS PRIME V: JUPITER FIVE (Afterword) 6. CRADLE (Movie treatment - Peter Guber) 7. TALES FROM PLANET EARTH (Bantam/Preiss) 8. FIRST CONTACT (New American Library/Preiss) CONTRACTED 9. RAMA II (with Gentry Lee - Bantam/Gollancz) 10. THE GARDEN OF RAMA (with Gentry Lee - Bantam 90) 11. RAMA REVEALED (with Gentry Lee - Bantam 91) " 12. THE GHOST FROM THE GRAND BANKS (Gollancz: delivery 90) 13. VENUS PRIME VI (Avon/Preiss) 14. CONVOCATION ADDRESS: "The Colours of Infinity" 15. A.C.C.'s CENTURY OF MYSTERIES (Fairley/Welfare - Collins) 16. 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