![]() “These are not translations, and most are not even adaptations. Some have appeared in Lankan newspapers or magazines during the past 25 years, while others are coming out in print for the first time. Titled ‘Arthur C Clarke Chintana Charika’ (Mind Journeys with Arthur C Clarke), the book is a collection of Nalaka’s articles, media columns and interviews based on the late author and visionary’s formidable intellectual output. ![]() To mark his 95th birth anniversary which falls this month, science writer Nalaka Gunawardene is releasing a new Sinhala book offering a quick tour of Clarke’s imagination, analyses and extrapolations on the world’s current challenges and our choice of futures. He was the first to propose geostationary communications satellites, and inspired the World Wide Web. In a literary career spanning over six decades, Sir Arthur C Clarke (1917 – 2008) wrote 100 books and more than 1,000 short stories and essays. Arthur C Clarke Chintana Charika – Sinhala Book of essays and interviews by Nalaka Gunawardene (Wijesooriya Book Centre, Colombo, 2012).
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