"Clarke is one of the greatest imaginative writers of hard science fiction" New Scientist "Arthur Clarke is one of the true geniuses of our time" Ray Bradbury "Arthur C. Clarke is the prophet of the space age" The Times "A one-man literary Big Bang, Clarke has originated his own vast and teeming futurist universe" Sunday Times "3001 is not just a page-turner, plugged in to the great icons of HAL and the monoliths, but a book of wisdom too, pithy and provocative" New Scientist "Arthur C. Clarke is blessed with one of the most astounding imaginations ever encountered in print" New York Times "One of the truly prophetic figures of the space age! the colossus of science fiction" New Yorker --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.