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Visionary: The Odyssey of Sir Arthur C. Clarke Collection [McAleer] is the updated 2012 version of Neil McAleer's Arthur C Clarke: The Authorized Biography which was published in 1992. According to Michael Neufeld's 2013 Quest review of the book, "McAleer's book provides the only comprehensive biography of the writer that exists."
NASM.2017.0003
McAleer, Neil., 1942-
bulk 1980-2000
Neil McAleer, Gift, 2016
12 Cubic feet ((12 boxes))
National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 12 cubic feet of material gathered or created by author Neil McAleer for his authorized biography of Sir Arthur Clarke, Visionary: The Odyssey of Sir Arthur C. Clarke. The collection includes correspondence, emails, articles, photographs, videotapes, and audio tape cassettes/transcripts of Clarke's friends and colleagues in science fiction and space advocacy that McAleer interviewed for the biography. This collection also consists of digital files of much of the collection.
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Visionary: The Odyssey of Sir Arthur C. Clarke Collection [McAleer], Accession 2017-0003, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Astronautics
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Audiotapes
Video recordings
Correspondence
Electronic records (digital records)
Photographs