1966 Dolphin Island: A Story of the People of the Sea

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Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

Second impression, originally published 1963. Late one night in the distant future, a giant cargo hovership makes an emergency landing somewhere in the middle of the United States and an enterprising teenager named Johnny Clinton stows away on it. A few hours later, the craft crashes in the Pacific Ocean, leaving Johnny adrift in the flotsam from the wreckage. His life is saved by the "People of the Sea". Written by Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, an English science fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host. Best known as the author of the book, and co-writer of the screenplay for the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, widely regarded as one of the most influential films of all time.