Friday, April 16, 2010

Major Works



Among Arthur C. Clarke's novels “Childhood's End” and “Space Odyssey” series are considered his best novels. In the “Childhood's End”, giant alien ships come down to the every major city in the world. After some years overloads or the aliens acquire control over the entire world. Overloads control the human race through an overload named Karellen. Overloads who took control over the earth raise the standard of living throughout the years. But after sixty more years human children develops an ability powers which allows them to telecommunicate through their minds (telepathy). Therefore children are segregated from their parents and sent them to a separate continent for their safety. Finally human race become limited to three hundred million children with powers. But when overloads decided to leave they absorb energy from the children, on the other hand children extract earth’s energy in this process. Which causes earth to explode.

"Space Odyssey" novel series consist of "2001","2010","2061" and "3001". In "2001" discovery crew uses Jupiter as a slingshot to speed up their space ship on their way to Saturn where they come across monolith which are advanced machines made by unseen creatures.
In "2010" monolith plays a huge role changing the solar system. this book considered the best of space odyssey series.
in "2061" and "3001" humans spread their popularity throughout the solar system. 



                    works cited
"2001 A Space Odyssey, 2010, 2061, 3001, Arthur C. Clarke." Index Page. Web. 16 Apr. 2010. http://www.scifidimensions.com/Dec00/2001books.htm.
"Childhood's End / Arthur C. Clarke." Tal Cohen's Bookshelf. Web. 17 Apr. 2010. http://tal.forum2.org/childhood.
"SparkNotes: 2001: A Space Odyssey: Summary." SparkNotes: Today's Most Popular Study Guides. Web. 17 Apr. 2010. http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/2001/summary.html.

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