Amazon.com description: Product Description: ARTHUR C. CLARKE is one of the most celebrated science fiction writers of our time, winner of Hugo and Nebula awards, bestseller, and favorite of the genre. Clarke is also a Grand Master of Science Fiction, and in this exciting omnibus collection he takes you to worlds where: The approach of dawn means instant death for a man trapped on an airless asteroid- The creativity of a culture is challenged as its planet is covered by a wall of darkness- A brilliant scientist helps a television executive plot the decline of civilization- Solar winds power majestic yachts through space to a finish line at the moon- The members of an ancient sect count the nine billion names of God with a computer- Journey to these and fifty other worlds of wonder with a master visionary as your tour guide.