Astounding Days: The Science Fictional Autobiography

Arthur C. Clarke acquired his first science fiction magazine - a copy of Astounding Stories - in 1930, when he was 13.

Immediately he became an avid reader and collector: and, soon enough, a would-be-writer. The rest is history.

Now, in Astounding Days, he looks back over those impressed by him, discussing their scientific howlers, and their remarkable proportion of predictive bulls-eyes - and writing of his early life and career.

Written with relaxed good humour, Astounding Days is full of fascinating comment and anecdote.