Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!: A vision of the 20th century as it happened Arthur C. Clarke (Voyager 0-00-648369-0, Jul 2000, £7.99, xviii+555pp, tp)
Reprint (St. Martins 1999) collection of 110 non-fiction works published between 1934 and 1938. Edited by Ian T. Macauley.
- xv · Acknowledgements · Arthur C. Clarke · ms
- xvii · Preface · Arthur C. Clarke · pr
- 1 · Part One. The 1930s and 1940s: Rockets and Radar
- 3 · Introduction [extracts from first few chapters of Astounding Days] · Arthur C. Clarke · si Gollancz 1989
- 7 · Dunsany, Lord of Fantasy · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Futurian War Digest Dec 1944
- 13 · Rockets · Arthur C. Clarke · br Futurian War Digest Dec 1944 [Willy Ley]
- 17 · The Coming Age of Rocket Power · Arthur C. Clarke · br Spacewards #6 1945 [G. Edward Pendray]
- 19 · Extraterrestrial Relays · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Wireless World Oct 1945
- 26 · The Moon and Mr. Farnsworth · Arthur C. Clarke · ar; Probably written in 1945-1946.
- 30 · The Challenge of the Spaceship · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Journal of the British Interplanetary Society Dec 1946
- 44 · First Men in the Moon · Arthur C. Clarke · ar The Star Jan 30 1947
- 48 · The Problem of Dr. Campbell · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Journal of the British Interplanetary Society Sep 1948
- 54 · The Lackeys of Wall Street · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Fantasy Review Feb/Mar 1949
- 58 · Voyages to the Moon · Arthur C. Clarke · br Journal of the British Interplanetary Society Sep 1949 [Marjorie Hope Nicholson]
- 63 · Youre on the Glide Path, I Think · Arthur C. Clarke · ar The Aeroplane Sep 23 1949
- 72 · Morphological Astronomy · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Journal of the British Astronomical Society Feb 1949
- 75 · The Conquest of Space · Arthur C. Clarke · br Journal of the British Astronomical Society Dec 1949 [Chesley Bonestell; Willy Ley]
- 79 · Part Two. The 1950s: Beneath the Seas of Ceylon
- 81 · Introduction · Arthur C. Clarke · si
- 82 · The Effect of Interplanetary Flight · Walter H. Gillings · ar Journal of the British Interplanetary Society May 1950; Report on Clarke speech at British Interplanetary Society, 4 Feb 1950.
- 84 · Space Travel in Fact and Fiction · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Journal of the British Interplanetary Society Sep 1951; An address to the British Interplanetary Society, 1 April 1950.
- 99 · Review: Destination Moon · Arthur C. Clarke · mr Journal of the British Astronomical Society Oct 1950
- 102 · Interplanetary Flight · Arthur C. Clarke · ex Temple Press 1950
- 105 · The Exploration of Space · Arthur C. Clarke · ex Temple Press 1951
- 108 · Review: When Worlds Collide · Arthur C. Clarke · mr Journal of the British Interplanetary Society Jan 1952; Adds 1998 footnote.
- 111 · Review: Man on the Moon · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Journal of the British Interplanetary Society Jun 1953
- 114 · Flying Saucers · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Journal of the British Interplanetary Society May 1953
- 119 · Review: Flying Saucers Have Landed · Arthur C. Clarke · br Journal of the British Interplanetary Society Mar 1954 [Desmond Leslie; George Adamski]
- 123 · Undersea Holiday · Arthur C. Clarke · ar The Challenge of the Sea, Arthur C. Clarke, Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1961, as The Submarine Playground; an earlier version appeared in Holiday for August 1954.
- 132 · The Exploration of the Moon · Arthur C. Clarke · ex Frederick Muller 1954
- 136 · Eclipse · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Journal of the British Astronomical Society Oct 1954
- 139 · Astronautical Fallacies · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Journal of the British Interplanetary Society Nov 1954
- 145 · The Star of Bethlehem · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Holiday Dec 1954
- 153 · Capricorn to Cancer [from The Reefs of Taprobane] · Arthur C. Clarke · ex Harper & Row 1957
- 157 · Keeping House in Colombo [from The Reefs of Taprobane] · Arthur C. Clarke · ex Harper & Row 1957
- 161 · The Reefcombers Derby [from The Reefs of Taprobane] · Arthur C. Clarke · ex Harper & Row 1957
- 165 · Rest Houses, Catamarans, and Sharks [from The Reefs of Taprobane] · Arthur C. Clarke · ex Harper & Row 1957
- 168 · The First Wreck [from The Reefs of Taprobane] · Arthur C. Clarke · ex Harper & Row 1957
- 173 · A Clear Run to the South Pole [from The Treasure of the Great Reef] · Arthur C. Clarke · ex Harper & Row 1962
- 180 · The Isle of Taprobane [from The Treasure of the Great Reef] · Arthur C. Clarke · ex Harper & Row 1962
- 183 · The Great Reef [from The Treasure of the Great Reef] · Arthur C. Clarke · ex Harper & Row 1962
- 189 · Winding Up [from The Treasure of the Great Reef] · Arthur C. Clarke · ex Harper & Row 1962
- 193 · Part Three. The 1960s: Kubrick and Cape Kennedy
- 195 · Introduction · Arthur C. Clarke · si
- 196 · Failures of Nerve and Imagination · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Profiles of the Future, Harper Row 1962
- 204 · Well Never Conquer Space · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Science Digest Jun 1960
- 210 · Rocket to the Renaissance · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Playboy Jul 1960
- 217 · The Obsolescence of Man · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Playboy Jul 1961, as Machina ex Deus
- 226 · Space and the Spirit of Man · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Astronautics Oct 1961, as Space Flight and the Spirit of Man
- 231 · The Uses of the Moon · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Harpers
- 240 · The Playing Fields of Space · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Holiday
- 246 · Kalinga Prize Speech · Arthur C. Clarke · sp Voices from the Sky, Arthur C. Clarke, New York: Harper 1965; Speech given in Delhi, 1992. Originally appeared in an abridged form in Fantasy & Science Fiction for October 1963.
- 251 · More Than Five Senses · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Boys Life Apr 1968
- 259 · Son of Dr. Strangelove · Arthur C. Clarke · ar The Lost Worlds of 2001, Arthur C. Clarke, New York: New American Library 1972
- 264 · Possible, Thats All! · Arthur C. Clarke · ar F&SF Oct 1968
- 268 · The Mind of the Machine · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Report on Probability Three, Arthur C. Clarke, Gollancz 1972
- 277 · God and Einstein · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Report on Probability Three, Arthur C. Clarke, Gollancz 1972
- 279 · Part Four. The 1970s: Tomorrows Worlds
- 281 · Introduction · Arthur C. Clarke · si
- 283 · Satellites and Saris · Arthur C. Clarke · ar London Daily Telegraph Dec 17 1971, as Schoolmaster Satellite; Speech delivered to State Department, 20 August 1971.
- 291 · Mars and the Mind of Man · Arthur C. Clarke · ex Harper & Row 1973
- 296 · The Sea of Sinbad · Arthur C. Clarke · ar The Observer Magazine 1972
- 305 · Willy and Chesley · Arthur C. Clarke · ar The View from Serendip, London: Gollancz 1978
- 310 · The Snows of Olympus · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Playboy Dec 1974
- 313 · Writing to Sell · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Harper & Row 1977, as introduction to Writing to Sell by Scott Meredith
- 319 · Part Five. The 1980s: Stay of Execution
- 321 · Introduction · Arthur C. Clarke · si
- 323 · The Steam-Powered Word Processor · Arthur C. Clarke · fa Analog Sep 1986
- 329 · Afterword: Maelstrom II [from Arthur C. Clarkes Venus Prime, Volume 2: Maelstrom by Paul Preuss] · Arthur C. Clarke · aw Avon 1988
- 333 · Mother Nature Got There First · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Analog Aug 1990
- 337 · Message to Comsat, February 18, 1988 · Arthur C. Clarke · ar *
- 339 · Graduation Address: International Space University · Arthur C. Clarke · ar *; Satellite address broadcast to graduates, August 20, 1988.
- 342 · Back to 2001 · Arthur C. Clarke · fw Roc 1993, as foreword to 2001: A Space Odyssey
- 348 · Coauthors and Other Nuisances · Arthur C. Clarke · aw Bantam 1989, as afterword to Rama II
- 353 · The Power of Compression · Arthur C. Clarke · ar The Readers Digest UK Dec 1998, as Words That Inspire
- 355 · Life in the Fax Line · Arthur C. Clarke · ar *
- 358 · Credo · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Living Philosophies, ed. Clifton Fadiman, Doubleday 1991
- 364 · The Colors of Infinity: Exploring the Fractal Universe [from The Ghost from the Grand Banks] · Arthur C. Clarke · sp Bantam 1990; Lecture delivered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 12, 1989.
- 368 · Close Encounter with Cosmonauts · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Omni Sep 1980
- 371 · The Century Syndrome [from The Ghost from the Grand Banks] · Arthur C. Clarke · ex Bantam 1990
- 374 · Whos Afraid of Leonard Woolf? · Arthur C. Clarke · ar 1984: Spring, Arthur C. Clarke, Ballantine Del Rey 1984
- 380 · My Four Feet on the Ground · Arthur C. Clarke · ar 1978, as introduction to My Four Feet on the Ground by Nora Clarke, Rocket Publishing
- 383 · Part Six. The 1990s: Countdown to 2000
- 385 · Introduction · Arthur C. Clarke · si
- 387 · Marconi Symposium · Arthur C. Clarke · sp *; Address at Smithsonian Institution, April 24, 1990.
- 389 · Introduction to Charles Pellegrinos Unearthing Atlantis · Arthur C. Clarke · in 1991
- 392 · Tribute to Robert A. Heinlein (1907 - 1988) · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Astounding Days, Arthur C. Clarke, Gollancz 1989
- 396 · Satyajit and Stanley · Arthur C. Clarke · ar *
- 398 · Aspects of Science Fiction · Arthur C. Clarke · ar *; was previously unpublished in English.
- 406 · Save the Giant Squid! · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Omni Jan 1992, as Squid!
- 410 · A Choice of Futures · Arthur C. Clarke · ar The Illustrated London News May 1992
- 416 · Gene Roddenberry · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Omni Feb 1992
- 418 · Introduction to Jack Williamsons Beachhead · Arthur C. Clarke · in Tor 1992
- 421 · Scenario for a Civilized Planet · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Bulletin of Atomic Scientists May 1992, as What Is to Be Done?
- 428 · NASA Sutra: Eros in Orbit · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Playboy 1992
- 434 · Minehead Made Me · Arthur C. Clarke · ar London Sunday Express 1992
- 436 · Good-bye, Isaac · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Locus May 1992
- 438 · Encyclical [from The Hammer of God] · Arthur C. Clarke · ex Bantam 1993
- 440 · Letter from Sri Lanka · Arthur C. Clarke · sp *; Live satellite broadcast, Colombo to Washington, October 8, 1992.
- 448 · Message to Mars · Arthur C. Clarke · ar *
- 450 · Preface: The War of the Worlds · Arthur C. Clarke · pr Tuttle 1993
- 456 · Preface: The First Men in the Moon · Arthur C. Clarke · pr; Everyman Paperback Classic edition, date unknown.
- 460 · The Joy of Maths · Arthur C. Clarke · ar *
- 465 · Tribute to Robert Bloch · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Robert Bloch: Appreciations of the Master, ed. Richard Matheson & Ricia Mainhardt, Tor 1995
- 468 · Spaceguard · Arthur C. Clarke · sp *; University of Moratuwa Convocation Address, 1994.
- 472 · Foreword: Encyclopedia of Frauds by James Randi · Arthur C. Clarke · fw St. Martins 1995; as foreword to An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and the; Supernatural
- 475 · Bucky · Arthur C. Clarke · ar *
- 477 · Homage to Frank Paul · Arthur C. Clarke · ar *
- 479 · Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds! · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Life Sep 1992
- 482 · The Birth of HAL · Arthur C. Clarke · in 1997; Introduction to HALs Legacy: 2001s Computers as Dreams and Reality; (ed. David G. Stork, MIT Press, 1997).
- 485 · The Coming Cyberclysm · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Asia Week Oct 4 1995
- 488 · Tribute to David Lasser · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Locus Jul 1996
- 490 · Toilets of the Gods · Arthur C. Clarke · ar *
- 492 · When Will the Real Space Age Begin? · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Ad Astra May/Jun 1996
- 496 · Review: Imagined Worlds by Freeman Dyson · Arthur C. Clarke · br Times Higher Education Supplement Mar 14 1997, as Mind Stretch [Freeman J. Dyson]
- 501 · Eyes on the Universe · Arthur C. Clarke · br Times Higher Education Supplement Jun 27 1997, as Looking Up, Down the Barrel [Patrick Moore]; book review of The Story of the telescope by Patrick Moore
- 504 · Walter Alvarez and Gerrit L. Verschuur · Arthur C. Clarke · br Times Higher Education Supplement 1997; Review of T. Rex and the Crater of Doom (Alvarez), and; Impact! The Threat of Comets and Asteroids (Verschuur).
- 509 · The Gay Warlords · Arthur C. Clarke · ar *
- 512 · More Last Words on UFOs · Arthur C. Clarke · ar The Times Aug 5 1997, as Why ET Will Never Call Home
- 515 · Carl Sagan · Arthur C. Clarke · br Times Higher Education Supplement Dec 12 1997, as Space Sage; Review of Carl Sagans Universe (eds. Yervant Terzian and Elizabeth Bilson, 1997).
- 519 · For Cherene, Tamara, and Melinda · Arthur C. Clarke · ar LEADERS Jul/Sep 1992
- 523 · Part Seven. Postscript: 2000 and Beyond
- 525 · Science and Society · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Science Jun 5 1998, as Presidents, Experts, and Asteroids
- 529 · Is There Life After Television? · Arthur C. Clarke · sp *; Speech given at the Fiftieth Annual Emmy Awards, Sept 1997.
- 534 · The Twenty-First Century: A (Very) Brief History · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Sunday Telegraph Feb 21 1999, as 2001 and Beyond
- 541 · Sources · [Misc.] · bi
- 547 · Index · [Misc.] · ix
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