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| Author | Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | David Scutt |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Gollancz (UK) Warner Books (US) |
Publication date | 1988 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 308 pp |
| ISBN | 0-446-51379-2 |
| OCLC | 17384797 |
| 823/.914 19 | |
| LC Class | PR6005.L36 C7 1988 |
Cradle is a 1988 science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee. The main premise of the novel is the contact between a few humans from the Miami area in 1994 and the super robots of a damaged space ship submerged off the Florida coast. Telecommunication advances such as videotelephones and highly efficient underwater scanning equipment used in the story bridge from the everyday, real-life aspects of the setting toward the near future, bespeaking technological progress.