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Arthur C. Clarke Finally, I am indebted to Charlie Pellegrino for his latest book, Ghosts of the Titanic (William Morrow, 2000)

A hundred years after the sinking of the Titanic, two of the world’s most powerful corporations race to find a way to raise and preserve the doomed luxury liner. The quest to uncover the secrets of the wreck and reclaim her becomes an obsessio. nd for some, a fatal one. The Ghost from the Grand Banks. Finally, I am indebted to Charlie Pellegrino for his latest book, Ghosts of the Titanic (William Morrow, 2000). This exhaustive coverage of the last hours of the ship, and the stories of its survivors, is packed with heartrending and often astonishing incidents. As Jim Cameron remarks on the jacket, Pellegrino brings the Titanic back to life.

The Ghost from the Grand Banks is a 1990 science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke

The Ghost from the Grand Banks is a 1990 science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. The story deals with two groups, both of whom are attempting to raise one of the halves of the wreck of Titanic from the floor of the Atlantic Ocean in time for the sinking's centennial in 2012.

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke was born in Minehead, England, in 1917 and now lives in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He is a graduate, and Fellow, of King’s College, London, and Chancellor of the International Space University and the University of Moratuwa, near the Arthur C. Clarke Centre for Modern Technologies. Sir Arthur has twice been Chairman of the British Interplanetary Society.

This novel incorporates two of Arthur . larke's passions - deep sea exploration and future technology . Arthur C. Clarke was born in Minehead in 1917. larke's passions - deep sea exploration and future technology - in a fast-moving tale of mysetry and adventure. As operations proceed, the perfectly preserved body of a beautiful girl is found. She was not on the ship's passenger lists. I'm about 15 pages from the end of this book and I'm giving up. It's written badly. It's constructed of short (2-4 page) chapters which all follow exactly the same progression. During the Second World War he served as an RAF radar instructor, rising to the rank of Flight-Lieutenant.

Start by marking The Ghost from the Grand Banks (Arthur C. Clarke Collection) as Want to Read: Want to Read savin. ant to Read. Arthur Charles Clarke was one of the most important and influential figures in 20th century science fiction. Author of over fifty books, his numerous awards include the 1961 Kalinga Prize, the AAAS-Westinghouse science writing prize, the Bradford Washburn Award, and the John W. Campbell Award for his novel Rendezvous With Rama.

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Fans of Clarke’s writing will find that this book includes a fair bit of what he does extremely well, namely, the descriptions of speculative technology.

Fans of Clarke’s writing will find that this book includes a fair bit of what he does extremely well, namely, the descriptions of speculative technology. Clarke excels in building new technologies on solid scientific principles, so that what he describes seems entirely reasonable, even when it is actually quite incredible. The characters feel a bit flat, and some of their motivations seem weak or contrived. Clarke seems to recognize this, since he draws in a whole sub-plot built upon M-sets that have nothing to do with the efforts to raise the Titanic, apparently in a futile effort to flesh out several of the characters. This is a relatively short novel, and an easy one to read.

The Ghost from the Grand Banks. Two years before the centennial anniversary of the Titanic's demise, two powerful corporations are competing to raise the two halves of the famous ship. But what they find deep beneath the ocean's surface is more than they bargained for: six perfectly preserved bodies, including one of a beautiful woman who was not listed among the ship's original passengers. Who was she-and what was her secret? The mission to find out becomes all-consuming-and, for some, deadly.

The actual title, ‘Ghost from the Grand Banks’ was mentioned very briefly in a chapter of an earlier Clarke book .

The actual title, ‘Ghost from the Grand Banks’ was mentioned very briefly in a chapter of an earlier Clarke book, Imperial Earth, which mentions a recovered Titanic placed on display in New York. It is therefore no surprise with such a personal passion that he returns with Ghost to the mysterious world of the Earth’s oceans. The first part of the book, which takes up about half of the novel (‘Prelude’) sets up this world of the future and introduces us to our main characters.