Saturnaufgang Als die erste Expedition vom Saturn zurückkehrt, ist vor allem einer mehr als Der Hotelmogul Morris Perlman. Es gelingt ihm, ein Treffen mit einem der Astronauten einzufädeln, die an Bord der Endeavour zum sechsten Planeten unseres Sonnensystems gebracht hat. Die unwirtlichen Monde, allen voran Titan, die im Sonnenlicht glitzernden Ringe, und schließlich der sturmumtoste Gasplanet selbst sind Anblicke, die man nie wieder vergisst. Und Perlman hat ehrgeizige Pläne für das Saturnsystem … Die Erzählung „Saturn im Morgenlicht“ erscheint als exklusives E-Book Only bei Heyne und umfasst ca. 12 Seiten.
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Sir Arthur Charles Clarke was one of the most important and influential figures in 20th century science fiction. He spent the first half of his life in England, where he served in World War Two as a radar operator, before emigrating to Ceylon in 1956. He is best known for the novel and movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, which he co-created with the assistance of Stanley Kubrick. Clarke was a graduate of King's College, London where he obtained First Class Honours in Physics and Mathematics. He is past Chairman of the British Interplanetary Society, a member of the Academy of Astronautics, the Royal Astronomical Society, and many other scientific organizations. 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. Clarke also won the Nebula Award of the Science Fiction Writers of America in 1972, 1974 and 1979, the Hugo Award of the World Science Fiction Convention in 1974 and 1980, and in 1986 became Grand Master of the Science Fiction Writers of America. He was awarded the CBE in 1989.
