Rama and beyond, 1973-1993

A quintessential 'first contact' story and a novel that would inspire an entire series, Rendezvous with Rama was first published in 1973. Here you can see a handsome Swedish edition of the novel from 1974.

The following novels in the 'Rama' series were co-authored with science fiction writer Gentry Lee. Rama II was published in 1989. 

Another Swedish translation, this time of Garden of Rama, originally published in 1991. This edition was published the following year. 

First English-language edition of Garden of Rama (1991). 

The final novel in the 'Rama' series was published in 1994.

Published in 1962, Profiles of the Future marked a rigorous consideration of the possible future of humanity, assessing current technologies and extrapolating potential developments. In Clarke's own words: "It does not try to describe the future. but to define the boundaries within which possible futures must lie."

The end of the volume contains a time chart, introduced with the presented text.

The time chart in full, presented at the end of Profiles of the Future. 

Special Collections and Archives also holds the archive of Olaf Stapledon, which contains similar, hand-drawn timecharts: valuable and poignant speculations on our future as a species.