Jesús Bermudo García
1º Bachillerato C
Let's start working on Arthur C. Clarke's book. Before reading the book, try to find the following information. Fill in the author's chart:
Name: Sir Arthur Charles Clarke.
Date of birth: 16 December 1917.
Place of birth: Clarke was born in Minehead, Somerset (England).
Date of death: 19 March 2008.
Occupations:
- He was a science fiction author.
- He was an inventor.
- He was a futurist.
- He was co-writter of 2001: A Space Odyssey (one of their most famous novels), it was written in collaboration with director Stanley Kubrick, a collaboration which also produced the film of the same name.
- He was a host and commentator in the British television series Mysterious World.
- After secondary school and studying at Huish’s Grammar School, Taunton, he was unable to afford a university education and got a job as an auditor in the pensions section of the Board Education.
- Clarke served in the Royal Air Force as a radar instructor and technician from 1941-1946.
- Clarke became the chairman of The British Interplanetary Society from 1947-1950 and again in 1953.
- Later, he was an advocate of preserving the lowland gorilla.
Main works:
- Childhood's End
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Rendezvous with Rama
- The Fountains of Paradise
