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The Collected Stories: Volume 1

By: Arthur C. Clarke
Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe, Mike Grady, Nick Boulton, Roger May, Sean Barrett
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Arthur C Clarke is without question the world's best-known and most celebrated science-fiction writer. His career, spanning more than 60 years, is one of unequalled success. Clarke has always been celebrated for his clear prophetic vision, which is fully on display in this audiobook, but there are also many stories that show his imagination in full flight, to the distant future and to far-flung star systems.

©2000 Arthur C. Clarke (P)2010 WF Howes Ltd Anthologies & Short Stories Fantasy Science Fiction

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If you consider yourself to be a fan of science fiction then you need this in your collection.

A Sci-Fi Must

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What a writer of ideas this man was! The Narrators are great.
There is a technical problem with literally no gaps between chapters so that one story is on top of the next instantly. Even a second or two gap would help.

Arthur C Clarke......

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I've always loved Clarke. He is the master of Hard Sci-fi and the king of the SciFi short. This collection is both well written as would be expected and well delivered by multiple readers.

SciFi that doesn't date

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I downloaded this because of the authors reputation and discovered examples of Clarke's (very) early work. Being someone who is more interested in the story rather than the genre, I was disappointed at the simplistic settings of some stories....understandably given that they range from late 1930's onwards. They do improve considerably (at least for me) as the collection develops. It's a huge work and although the entire work would be mainly for true science fiction acolytes , there is still much here for the general listener/reader.

Mainly for the converted

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Would you listen to The Collected Stories again? Why?

Yes i would in fact i have read this before in paperback some years ago.

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This is a really fun and enjoyable read the narrator's were excellent and i would recommend the audiobook over the paperback. The stories were written some time ago and some were quite dated but this did not detract from the wit imagination and humor of Arthur C Clarke

A great read 5 stars all round a real treat.

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This is collection of pure genius. If you are a science fiction person then treat yourself! I find myself trying to escape real life just to catch some pure time to enjoy these works.

Genius

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After enjoying some of Clarke's later work I was interested to listen to these older stories. There are some interesting ideas floated, but I ended up finding myself disengaged from the narrative, and honestly a bit bored. IMHO I think the main problem is that it's difficult to develop compelling characters with so little verbage.

Collection of short stories

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These are stories from Arthur C's early work, many from the 1930s and 1940s, and therefore some have a dated feel.

However, they are, almost without exception, brilliantly inventive, many of them highly prescient, and most a delight to hear read. The quality of the readers enhanced my enjoyment.

Inventive Early Work

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loved it, well narrated and good for car journey's and an listen over and over

good short stories narrated well

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It was very interesting to experience the progression of his writing style. Even from a young age it was evident that Clarke was destined to become a great writer.

A true master of his craft

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