Childhood (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series) - Hardcover

The master of science fiction (The Times)

A first-rate tour de force (The New York Times)

Frighteningly logical, believable, and grimly prophetic . . . Clarke is a master (Los Angeles Times)

Arthur C. Clarke is one of the truly prophetic figures of the space age . . . The colossus of science fiction (The New Yorker)

There has been nothing like it for years; partly for the actual invention, but partly because here we meet a modern author who understands that there may be things that have a higher claim on humanity than its own 'survival' (C. S. Lewis)

Arthur C. Clarke is one of the true geniuses of our time. (Ray Bradbury)

Arthur literally made my Star Trek idea possible, including the television series, the films, and the association and learning it has made possible for me. (Gene Rodenberry)

Nobody has done more in the way of enlightened prediction than Arthur C. Clarke (Isaac Asimov)

I count myself among the millions who have been inspired and encouraged by Arthur C. Clarke's contributions to literature (Neil Armstrong)

An all-time science fiction classic from the author of 2001: A Space Odyssey.