Space Odyssey
an Anthology of Great Science Fiction Stories
by Arthur C. Clarke · first published 1983
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…fiction. The Wikipedia page for Hard Science Fiction has a list of good books in the genre. Besides that, off the top of my head, I would say books by Isaac Asimov (Foundation series) or Arthur C. Clarke (Space Odyssey series).
on “Ask HN: What are some great fiction reads for someone that reads non-fiction” ↗Agree that Benson's book _Space Odyssey_ is great. I just finished _Space Odyssey_ and was appalled by the way Kubrick treated Arthur C. Clarke, excluding him from receiving a percentage of the proceeds and delaying the publication of his…
on “The cult of Stanley Kubrick” ↗I enjoyed this book about him and Stanley Kubrick. Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece by Michael Benson "Glide Path" which is a somewhat fictionalised personal account of his wartime experiences working on ground controlled…
on “Arthur C Clarke on computers in the home, from abc Australia (1974)” ↗In the last two Space Odyssey books, diamond from the core of Jupiter are used for mega construction projects like space elevators. Clarke went way beyond a simple tether and imagined inhabited towers extending to geosynchronous orbit.…
on “The Planets with the Giant Diamonds Inside” ↗I'm pretty sure that Clarke stated somewhere in the preface that each story in the Space Odyssey series doesn't necessary happens in the same universe and thus that's why there's a difference between places in books Nevertheless, Jupiter as the biggest planet within our star system being forced…
on “NASA’s Webb Finds Carbon Source on Surface of Jupiter’s Moon Europa” ↗Arthur C. Clarke explored this cultural shock as well in the final book of the Space Odyssey series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3001:_The_Final_Odyssey?useski...
on “Doctors' estimates of the feasibility of preserving the dying for future revival” ↗Oh, an alternative storyline in Clarke's 2001 Space Odyssey.
on “Claude's system prompt is over 24k tokens with tools” ↗