Both Arthur C. Clarke and John Richardson are noted literary figures, the first as a science fiction author and the second as a reviewer for which publication?
John Richardson (art historian) Sir John Patrick Richardson, KBE, FBA (born 6 February 1924) is a British art historian and Picasso biographer. Richardson has also worked as an industrial designer and as a reviewer for "The New Observer". In 1952, he moved to Provence, where he became friends with Picasso, Léger and de Staël. In 1960, he moved to New York and organized a nine-gallery Picasso retrospective. Christie's then appointed him to open their US office, which he ran for the next nine years. In 1973 he joined New York gallery M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., as vice president in charge of 19th- and 20th-century painting, and later became managing director of Artemis, a mutual fund specializing in works of art.
Prelude to Space Prelude to Space is a science fiction novel written by British author Arthur C. Clarke in 1947. It appeared for the first time in 1951 in magazine format by World Editions Inc, as number three in the series "Galaxy Science Fiction". Sidgwick & Jackson published it in novel form for the British readership in 1953, followed the next year by a United States hardcover edition from Gnome Press and a paperback from Ballantine Books.