The Sentinel
masterworks of science fiction and fantasy
by Arthur C. Clarke
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Today's readers are indeed fortunate; this really is the Golden Age of science fiction. There are dozens of authors at work today who can match all but the giants of the past. (And probably one who can do even that, despite the handicap of being translated from Polish. . . ) Yet I do not really envy the young men and women who first encounter science fiction as the days shorten towards 1984, for we old-timers were able to accomplish something that was unique.
Ours was the last generation that was able to read everything. No one will ever do that again.
Of course, it may well be argued that no one should want to do so, in deference to Theodore Sturgeon's much-quoted Law: "Ninety percent of everything is crud." It is—to say the least—a sobering thought that this might apply even to my writing.
I can only hope that everything that follows comes from the other ten percent.
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The Sentinel
January 1, 2004, I Books
Mass Market Paperback
in English
- New Ed edition
0743479750 9780743479752
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The Sentinel
September 26, 1991, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Paperback
- New Ed edition
0586212043 9780586212042
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The Sentinel: masterworks of science fiction and fantasy
1983, Berkley Books
in English
- Berkley trade paperback ed. Masterworks ed.
0425061833 9780425061831
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