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- 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. Martin’s 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 London: Gollancz, 1989
- 7 • Dunsany, Lord of Fantasy • Arthur C. Clarke • ar Futurian War Digest Dec ’44
- 13 • Rockets • Arthur C. Clarke • br Futurian War Digest Dec ’44 [Willy Ley]
- 17 • The Coming Age of Rocket Power • Arthur C. Clarke • br Spacewards #6 ’45 [G. Edward Pendray]
- 19 • Extraterrestrial Relays • Arthur C. Clarke • ar Wireless World Oct ’45
- 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 ’46
- 44 • First Men in the Moon • Arthur C. Clarke • ar Star Jan 30 ’47
- 48 • The Problem of Dr. Campbell • Arthur C. Clarke • ar Journal of the British Interplanetary Society Sep ’48
- 54 • The Lackeys of Wall Street • Arthur C. Clarke • ar Fantasy Review Feb/Mar ’49
- 58 • Voyages to the Moon • Arthur C. Clarke • br Journal of the British Interplanetary Society Sep ’49 [Marjorie Hope Nicholson]
- 63 • You’re on the Glide Path, I Think • Arthur C. Clarke • ar The Aeroplane Sep 23 ’49
- 72 • Morphological Astronomy • Arthur C. Clarke • ar Journal of the British Astronomical Society Feb ’49
- 75 • The Conquest of Space • Arthur C. Clarke • br Journal of the British Astronomical Society Dec ’49 [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 ’50; 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 ’51; 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 ’50
- 102 • Interplanetary Flight • Arthur C. Clarke • ex London: Temple Press, 1950
- 105 • The Exploration of Space • Arthur C. Clarke • ex London: Temple Press, 1951
- 108 • Review: When Worlds Collide • Arthur C. Clarke • mr Journal of the British Interplanetary Society Jan ’52; Adds 1998 footnote.
- 111 • Review: Man on the Moon • Arthur C. Clarke • ar Journal of the British Interplanetary Society Jun ’53
- 114 • Flying Saucers • Arthur C. Clarke • ar Journal of the British Interplanetary Society May ’53
- 119 • Review: Flying Saucers Have Landed • Arthur C. Clarke • br Journal of the British Interplanetary Society Mar ’54 [Desmond Leslie; George Adamski]
- 123 • Undersea Holiday [“The Submarine Playground”] • Arthur C. Clarke • ar The Challenge of the Sea, Arthur C. Clarke, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1961; an earlier version appeared in Holiday for August 1954.
- 132 • The Exploration of the Moon • Arthur C. Clarke • ex London: Frederick Muller, 1954
- 136 • Eclipse • Arthur C. Clarke • ar Journal of the British Astronomical Society Oct ’54
- 139 • Astronautical Fallacies • Arthur C. Clarke • ar Journal of the British Interplanetary Society Nov ’54
- 145 • The Star of Bethlehem • Arthur C. Clarke • ar Holiday Dec ’54
- 153 • Capricorn to Cancer [from The Reefs of Taprobane] • Arthur C. Clarke • ex New York: Harper & Row, 1957
- 157 • Keeping House in Colombo [from The Reefs of Taprobane] • Arthur C. Clarke • ex New York: Harper & Row, 1957
- 161 • The Reefcombers’ Derby [from The Reefs of Taprobane] • Arthur C. Clarke • ex New York: Harper & Row, 1957
- 165 • Rest Houses, Catamarans, and Sharks [from The Reefs of Taprobane] • Arthur C. Clarke • ex New York: Harper & Row, 1957
- 168 • The First Wreck [from The Reefs of Taprobane] • Arthur C. Clarke • ex New York: Harper & Row, 1957
- 173 • A Clear Run to the South Pole [from The Treasure of the Great Reef] • Arthur C. Clarke • ex New York: Harper & Row, 1962
- 180 • The Isle of Taprobane [from The Treasure of the Great Reef] • Arthur C. Clarke • ex New York: Harper & Row, 1962
- 183 • The Great Reef [from The Treasure of the Great Reef] • Arthur C. Clarke • ex New York: Harper & Row, 1962
- 189 • Winding Up [from The Treasure of the Great Reef] • Arthur C. Clarke • ex New York: 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 • We’ll Never Conquer Space • Arthur C. Clarke • ar Science Digest Jun ’60
- 210 • Rocket to the Renaissance • Arthur C. Clarke • ar Playboy Jul ’60
- 217 • The Obsolescence of Man [“Machina ex Deus”] • Arthur C. Clarke • ar Playboy Jul ’61
- 226 • Space and the Spirit of Man [“Space Flight and the Spirit of Man”] • Arthur C. Clarke • ar Astronautics Oct ’61
- 231 • The Uses of the Moon • Arthur C. Clarke • ar Harper’s
- 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 ’68
- 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, That’s All! • Arthur C. Clarke • ar F&SF Oct ’68
- 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: Tomorrow’s Worlds
- 281 • Introduction • Arthur C. Clarke • si
- 283 • Satellites and Saris [“Schoolmaster Satellite”] • Arthur C. Clarke • ar London Daily Telegraph Dec 17 ’71; Speech delivered to State Department, 20 August 1971.
- 291 • Mars and the Mind of Man • Arthur C. Clarke • ex New York: 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 ’74
- 313 • Writing to Sell [as introduction to Writing to Sell by Scott Meredith] • Arthur C. Clarke • ar New York: Harper & Row, 1977
- 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 ’86
- 329 • Afterword: “Maelstrom II” [from Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime, Volume 2: Maelstrom by Paul Preuss] • Arthur C. Clarke • aw New York: Avon, 1988
- 333 • Mother Nature Got There First • Arthur C. Clarke • ar Analog Aug ’90
- 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 [as foreword to 2001: A Space Odyssey] • Arthur C. Clarke • fw Roc, 1993
- 348 • Coauthors and Other Nuisances [as afterword to Rama II] • Arthur C. Clarke • aw New York: Bantam, 1989
- 353 • The Power of Compression [“Words That Inspire”] • Arthur C. Clarke • ar The Reader’s Digest UK Dec ’98
- 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 New York: Bantam, 1990; Lecture delivered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 12, 1989.
- 368 • Close Encounter with Cosmonauts • Arthur C. Clarke • ar Omni Sep ’80
- 371 • The Century Syndrome [from The Ghost from the Grand Banks] • Arthur C. Clarke • ex New York: Bantam, 1990
- 374 • Who’s Afraid of Leonard Woolf? • Arthur C. Clarke • ar 1984: Spring, Arthur C. Clarke, Ballantine Del Rey, 1984
- 380 • My Four Feet on the Ground [as introduction to My Four Feet on the Ground by Nora Clarke, Rocket Publishin] • Arthur C. Clarke • ar, 1978
- 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 Pellegrino’s 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! [“Squid!”] • Arthur C. Clarke • ar Omni Jan ’92
- 410 • A Choice of Futures • Arthur C. Clarke • ar The Illustrated London News May ’92
- 416 • Gene Roddenberry • Arthur C. Clarke • ar Omni Feb ’92
- 418 • Introduction to Jack Williamson’s Beachhead • Arthur C. Clarke • in New York: Tor, 1992
- 421 • Scenario for a Civilized Planet [“What Is to Be Done?”] • Arthur C. Clarke • ar Bulletin of Atomic Scientists May ’92
- 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 ’92
- 438 • Encyclical [from The Hammer of God] • Arthur C. Clarke • ex New York: 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: Rutland VT & Tokyo, 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 New York: St. Martin’s, 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 ’92
- 482 • The Birth of HAL • Arthur C. Clarke • in, 1997; Introduction to HAL’s Legacy: 2001’s Computers as Dreams and Reality; (ed. David G. Stork, MIT Press, 1997).
- 485 • The Coming Cyberclysm • Arthur C. Clarke • ar Asia Week Oct 4 ’95
- 488 • Tribute to David Lasser • Arthur C. Clarke • ar Locus Jul ’96
- 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 ’96
- 496 • Review: Imagined Worlds by Freeman Dyson [“Mind Stretch”] • Arthur C. Clarke • br Times Higher Education Supplement Mar 14 ’97 [Freeman J. Dyson]
- 501 • Eyes on the Universe [“Looking Up, Down the Barrel”] • Arthur C. Clarke • br Times Higher Education Supplement Jun 27 ’97 [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 [“Why ET Will Never Call Home”] • Arthur C. Clarke • ar The Times Aug 5 ’97
- 515 • Carl Sagan [“Space Sage”] • Arthur C. Clarke • br Times Higher Education Supplement Dec 12 ’97; Review of Carl Sagan’s Universe (eds. Yervant Terzian and Elizabeth Bilson, 1997).
- 519 • For Cherene, Tamara, and Melinda • Arthur C. Clarke • ar LEADERS Jul/Sep ’92
- 523 • Part Seven. Postscript: 2000 and Beyond
- 525 • Science and Society [“Presidents, Experts, and Asteroids”] • Arthur C. Clarke • ar Science Jun 5 ’98
- 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 [“2001 and Beyond”] • Arthur C. Clarke • ar Sunday Telegraph Feb 21 ’99
- 541 • Sources • Misc. Material • bi
- 547 • Index • Misc. Material • ix
- The Fiction of James Tiptree, Jr. Gardner Dozois (Algol Press 0-916186-04-0, 1977 [May ’96], $2.50, 36pp, ph, cover by Judith Weiss); Pamphlet combining Dozois’s essay from the G.K. Hall edition of 10,000 Light Years From Home with a bibliography by Jeff Smith. [James Tiptree, Jr.]
- Of Worlds Beyond: The Science of Science Fiction Writing ed. Lloyd Arthur Eshbach (Advent 0-911682-14-7, Sep ’74 [Nov ’81], $2.25, 104pp, tp, cover by John Stopa); Reissue (Fantasy Press 1947) critical book.
- The Tony Hillerman Companion ed. Martin H. Greenberg (Harper 0-06-109215-0, May ’95 [May ’96], $6.99, 479pp, pb, cover by Peter Thorpe); Reprint (HarperCollins 1994) anthology of pieces by and about Tony Hillerman. [PSP]
- ix • A Hillerman Chronology • Misc. Material • bi *
- 1 • The Detective Fiction of Tony Hillerman: A Book-by-Book Guide • Jon L. Breen • ar *
- 63 • Interview with Tony Hillerman • Jon L. Breen • iv * [Tony Hillerman]
- 91 • The Navajo Nation • George Hardeen • ar Insight Guide: Native America, APA Publications, 1991
- 109 • Native American Clans in Tony Hillerman’s Fiction: A Guide • Elizabeth A. Gaines & Diane Hammer • ar *
- 123 • Characters in Tony Hillerman’s Fiction: A Concordance • Elizabeth A. Gaines & Diane Hammer • ar *
- 379 • Dinetah, If I Forget You • Tony Hillerman • ar
- 387 • Why Not Religious Freedom for All Americans? • Tony Hillerman • ar
- 391 • Taos Restores the Spirit • Tony Hillerman • ar
- 401 • A Day in the Life of Chapter Two • Tony Hillerman • ar
- 404 • Dancing Gods • Tony Hillerman • ar
- 409 • Skinwalkers • Tony Hillerman • ar Land’s End Catalog Oct ’91
- 413 • Chaco Canyon • Tony Hillerman • ar
- 420 • The Budville Murders: Reardon Rules in Action • Tony Hillerman • ar
- 433 • The Witch, Yazzie, and the Nine of Clubs • Tony Hillerman • ss Crime Wave, ed. Swedish Academy of Detection, Collins, 1981
- 452 • First Lead Gasser • Tony Hillerman • ss EQMM Apr ’93
- 466 • Chee’s Witch [Jim Chee] • Tony Hillerman • ss The New Black Mask No.7, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1986
- Eurotunnel: An Illustrated History of the Channel Tunnel Scheme ed. Peter Haining (Channel Tunnel Group, The 1-872009-00-X, 1989, no price, 144pp, tp); Reprint (NEL 1979) collection of pieces about various Eurotunnel projects, including pieces by Lord Dunsany, Arthur Conan Doyle & Winston Churchill. [PSP]
- 8 • Introduction • Peter Haining • in
- 10 • Proposed Tunnel Between England and France • Anon. • ar The Illustrated London News Jan 23, 1858
- 16 • Entente Sousmarine • Peter Haining • si
- 17 • The Origins of the Tunnel • William A. Low • ar
- 24 • The Pioneers • Peter Haining • si
- 25 • Letter from M. Thomé de Gamond to Mr. William Low, in London, August 30th, 1867 • Thomé de Gamond • lt
- 26 • The Engineers’ First Report • William Low, James Brunlees & Thomé de Gamond • ar, 1868
- 33 • An Examination of the Tunnel Plans — 1882 • J. Clarke Hawkshaw, M.A., F.G.S., M.I.C.E. • ar, 1882
- 44 • ‘Wild and Wonderful Schemes’ • Peter Haining • si
- 46 • Proposed Anglo-Gallic Submarine Railway • Anon. • ar The Illustrated London News
- 50 • A Submarine Railway Boat • Anon. • ar
- 58 • The Dreaded Crossing No More? • Peter Haining • si
- 61 • Note by a Seasick Traveller • Henry Mayhew • ar
- 68 • A Visit to the French End of the Channel Tunnel • Anon. • ar The Daily Chronicle Nov 22 ’13
- 70 • The Raging Divide • Peter Haining • si
- 72 • Prime Minister Visits Tunnel Workings • Anon. • ms The Times Mar 18, 1882
- 73 • Memorandum • Lord Wolseley • ar, 1882
- 76 • The Channel Tunnel • Anon. • ar The Illustrated London News Mar 4, 1882
- 87 • The Dangers of a Channel Tunnel • Lord Dunsany • ar, 1882
- 91 • letter • Sir William Treloar • lt
- 91 • letter • Admiral Hon Sir E. R. Fremantle, G.C.B., F.R.G.S. • lt
- 91 • letter • J. Keir Hardie • lt
- 91 • letter • H. G. Wells • lt
- 92 • A Reply to Our Opponents • Colonel F. E. Beaumont • ms
- 94 • Great Britain and the Next War • Arthur Conan Doyle • ar The Fortnightly Review Feb ’13
- 98 • Postscript I to ‘Great Britain and the Next War’ • Arthur Conan Doyle • ms The Fortnightly Review Apr ’13
- 98 • Postscript II to ‘Great Britain and the Next War’ • Arthur Conan Doyle • ms The Glasgow Herald Jun 26 ’16
- 98 • The Years of Calm • Peter Haining • si
- 98 • Why Not a Channel Tunnel? • The Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill, P.C., M.P. • ar Daily Mail Feb ’36
- 110 • Should Strategists Veto the Channel Tunnel? • Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill • ar The Weekly Dispatch Jul ’24
- 112 • All Stations Go for Seatrain? • Peter Haining • si
- 115 • A Speech by the Chairman of the Channel Tunnel Association: September 1966 • Leo d’Erlanger • sp
- 120 • What Will the Tunnel Be Like? • Paul Drew • ar
- 124 • Ten Years of Tunnel Progress—Through the Eyes of the Press
- 124 • New Argument for Tunnel • Anon. • ar The Times Jun 13 ’61
- 126 • Channel Link by Two Tunnels and a Bridge • Anon. • ar The Daily Express Jun 26 ’63
- 128 • Price Kent Will Pay for Channel Link • Anon. • ar Kent Messenger Nov 29 ’63
- 129 • Tunnel Challenge • Anon. • ar The Evening News Apr 2 ’64
- 130 • Green Light for the Tunnel • Leo d’Erlanger • lt The Sunday Times (London) Sep 5 ’65
- 131 • Booking Up for the Chunnel’s First Trip • Frank Tole • ar The Evening News Dec 9 ’66
- 132 • Channel Tunnel Will Get Go-Ahead Soon • Chapman Pincher • ar The Daily Express Mar 30 ’68
- 138 • Channel Tunnel Could be a Burden for Britain • Michael Baily • ar The Times Apr 3 ’68
- 139 • There Can Be No Turning Back Now • Stuart Friend • ar The Evening News Oct 16 ’72
- 139 • Tunnel Getaway? • D. W. Briggs • lt London Sunday Express Jun 29 ’69
- 142 • The Final Decision • Peter Haining • si
- 142 • 1980 Opening for Tunnel Would Cost £366m • Robert Bedlow • ar The Daily Telegraph Mar 22 ’73
- 143 • Chunnel Could Cost £938m • Anon. • ar The Daily Telegraph Apr 5 ’73
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