Selected Works of Arthur C. Clarke: The Deep Range, The Trigger, The Ghost from the Grand Banks, Richter IO (Digital Original)

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A collection of four unique science fiction novels by the innovative, award-winning author of 2001: A Space Odyssey. This collection not only thrills and excites readers with Clarke&’s passion for science fiction and speculative work, but his words ask readers big questions about what it means to be human, and humanity&’s relationship with nature and technology.The Deep Range: A hundred years into the future, humanity lives mostly on the oceans, tending vast whale herds and plankton farms. Walter Franklin works on a submarine patrol, and his adventures under the sea are told in this riveting tale, set against the backdrop of a world both futuristic and familiar.The Trigger: A team of scientists develops the ultimate passive weapon, a device that detonates all nitrate-based bombs. But even protective weaponry comes with moral dilemmas, and the device&’s inventor struggles to keep the weapon from those with violent intentions.The Ghost from the Grand Banks: An astonishing discovery is made when the two halves of the Titanic are raised from the seabed, six perfectly preserved bodies, including a beautiful woman who was not listed among the ship&’s original passengers. The mission to discover her secret becomes obsessive, and dangerous.Richter 10: A violent earthquake killed Lewis Crane&’s parents when he was just a child. Now grown up, he has devoted his life to protecting humankind from earthquakes. A renowned scientist, Crane has developed technology to fuse the Earth&’s tectonic plates to stop earthquakes forever, but what repercussions will this have on the planet?
Copyright:
2012

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1,519 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780795349720
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RosettaBooks
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RosettaBooks, LLC
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Language:
English
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Categories:
Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Politics and Government
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