Dial F for Frankenstein was first published in the January 1964 issue of Playboy. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most-influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.
Back when I was reading Playboy for the articles. ;-0
Arthur Clarke is a gifted writer, but ruins his good stories by interweaving his own lack of morals and his hatred of Christianity into his books.
They become more propaganda than science fiction or are agenda driven pieces disguised as science fiction.
His older works are better, less agenda driven but his newer stuff is just pure homosexual perversion wrapped up in an sci-fi setting.