{"product_id":"the-promise-of-space-arthur-c-clarke-1968-harper-row-hardcover-with-dust-jacket","title":"The Promise of Space — Arthur C. Clarke — 1968 Harper \u0026 Row Hardcover with Dust Jacket","description":"\u003cp dir=\"auto\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Arthur C. Clarke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Harper \u0026amp; Row\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlace:\u003c\/strong\u003e New York\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1968 Harper \u0026amp; Row hardcover edition; printing code G-S\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover with original dust jacket\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePage Count:\u003c\/strong\u003e 325 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good \/ Very Good dust jacket\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"auto\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003ePublished in the landmark year of \u003cem\u003e2001: A Space Odyssey\u003c\/em\u003e, Arthur C. Clarke's \u003cem\u003eThe Promise of Space\u003c\/em\u003e captures the extraordinary optimism and imagination of the early Space Age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eWriting just before humans first walked on the Moon, Clarke looks back at the achievements that transformed space travel from fantasy into science and then turns his attention toward what might come next. He explores rockets, satellites, lunar exploration, interplanetary travel, solar sailing, the possibility of settlements on other worlds, and humanity's eventual movement farther into the cosmos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eWhat makes the book particularly fascinating today is the opportunity to encounter the future \u003cstrong\u003eas Clarke envisioned it in 1968\u003c\/strong\u003e. His projections combine genuine scientific and engineering knowledge with the imagination that made him one of the defining figures of twentieth-century science fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe book was released in 1968, the same year as Stanley Kubrick and Clarke's \u003cem\u003e2001: A Space Odyssey\u003c\/em\u003e. A contemporary review described \u003cem\u003eThe Promise of Space\u003c\/em\u003e as intended for intelligent general readers interested in the how and why of astronautics without requiring extensive technical knowledge. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eClarke was uniquely positioned to write such a book. Long before the modern satellite communications industry, he famously explored the potential of geostationary communications satellites, while his fiction helped shape the popular imagination of space exploration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eIllustrated throughout, \u003cem\u003eThe Promise of Space\u003c\/em\u003e is both a vintage history of astronautics and a remarkable period document from a moment when much of humanity's future in space still seemed unwritten.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good hardcover in Very Good original dust jacket. Binding is sound and interior is clean overall. Previous owner's name and address written in ink on the front endpaper. Dust jacket shows light age and shelf wear with minor edge wear consistent with its age and is now \u003cstrong\u003eprotected in a removable archival Brodart cover\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlease review photographs, which form part of the condition description.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"auto\"\u003eWhy We Love This Book\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eFew books capture the optimism of the Space Age quite like this one. Published in 1968—before the Apollo 11 Moon landing—\u003cem\u003eThe Promise of Space\u003c\/em\u003e lets us see the future through the eyes of one of the people who helped imagine it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eFor collectors of Arthur C. Clarke, vintage science and technology, space exploration, and classic science fiction, it is an evocative artifact of an extraordinary moment in twentieth-century history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Debs Book Paradise","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44385528447156,"sku":"206-8","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/9279\/1220\/files\/promise-of-space-front-cover-1500.jpg?v=1789660871","url":"https:\/\/debsbookparadise.com\/products\/the-promise-of-space-arthur-c-clarke-1968-harper-row-hardcover-with-dust-jacket","provider":"Debs Book Paradise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}