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How the World Was One: Beyond the Global Village by Arthur C. Clarke (Gollancz, June 25, 1992, 0-575-05226-0, £15.99, 289pp, hc, co, cover by Steven Hunt)     Historical look at the development of transatlantic cables and satellite communications, based on the first 19 chapters of Voices Across the Sea (Harper 1958) and several other pieces, some previously uncollected. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam) edition. 9 · Foreword · Arthur C. Clarke · fw 17 · Wiring the Abyss 19 · Introduction · Arthur C. Clarke · in Voice Across the Sea by Arthur C. Clarke, Harper, 1958 23 · The Coming of the Telegraph · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Voice Across the Sea by Arthur C. Clarke, Harper, 1958 27 · Channel Crossing · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Voice Across the Sea by Arthur C. Clarke, Harper, 1958 32 · A Great American · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Voice Across the Sea by Arthur C. Clarke, Harper, 1958 41 · Lord of Science · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Voice Across the Sea by Arthur C. Clarke, Harper, 1958 46 · False Start · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Voice Across the Sea by Arthur C. Clarke, Harper, 1958 54 · Triumph and Disaster · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Voice Across the Sea by Arthur C. Clarke, Harper, 1958 61 · Post-mortem · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Voice Across the Sea by Arthur C. Clarke, Harper, 1958 70 · The Brink of Success · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Voice Across the Sea by Arthur C. Clarke, Harper, 1958 77 · Heart’s Content · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Voice Across the Sea by Arthur C. Clarke, Harper, 1958 84 · Battle on the Sea-Bed · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Voice Across the Sea by Arthur C. Clarke, Harper, 1958 91 · Girdle round the Earth · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Voice Across the Sea by Arthur C. Clarke, Harper, 1958 97 · The Deserts of the Deep · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Voice Across the Sea by Arthur C. Clarke, Harper, 1958 102 · The Cable’s Core · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Voice Across the Sea by Arthur C. Clarke, Harper, 1958 107 · Voice Across the Sea 109 · The Wires Begin to Speak · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Voice Across the Sea by Arthur C. Clarke, Harper, 1958 116 · The Man before Einstein · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Voice Across the Sea by Arthur C. Clarke, Harper, 1958 122 · Mirror in the Sky · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Voice Across the Sea by Arthur C. Clarke, Harper, 1958 128 · Transatlantic Telephone · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Voice Across the Sea by Arthur C. Clarke, Harper, 1958 134 · The Dream Factory · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Voice Across the Sea by Arthur C. Clarke, Harper, 1958 141 · “Wireless” · Arthur C. Clarke · ar 144 · Exploring the Spectrum · Arthur C. Clarke · ar 148 · Beyond the Ionosphere · Arthur C. Clarke · ar 151 · A Brief Prehistory of Comsats · Arthur C. Clarke · ar 153 · In the Hall of the Knights · Arthur C. Clarke · ar 1984: Spring by Arthur C. Clarke, Del Rey, 1984 speech at the 8th Marconi Fellowship Award, 11/6/82. 156 · “You’re on the Glide Path—I Think” · Arthur C. Clarke · ex The Aeroplane September 23 1949 163 · “How I Lost a Billion Dollars in My Spare Time” · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Rogue November 1962, as “I Lost a Billion Dollars on Telstar”; this version is greatly revised. 168 · “If you gotta message …” · Arthur C. Clarke · ar 175 · The Making of a Moon · Arthur C. Clarke · ar 178 · I Remember Babylon · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Playboy May 1960 189 · Starry Messengers 191 · Echo and Telstar · Arthur C. Clarke · ar 197 · Syncom · Arthur C. Clarke · ar 201 · Early Bird · Arthur C. Clarke · ar 203 · The United States of Earth · Arthur C. Clarke · ar The View from Serendip by Arthur C. Clarke, Random House, 1977, as “untitled (“Mr. Secretary, your excellencies, distinguished guests…”)” speech delivered to State Department at the inauguration of INTELSAT, 20 August 1971. 206 · Satellites and Saris · Arthur C. Clarke · ar The Daily Telegraph December 17 1971, as “Schoolmaster Satellite” 213 · At the UN · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact December 1983, as “Beyond the Global Village” adapted from a speech given at the UN, May 17, 1983. 220 · Coop’s Troop · Arthur C. Clarke · ar 223 · Appointment at the Vatican · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Pontificiae Academia Scientiarum Scripta Varia #58, 1986, as “Space Communications and the Global Family” speech at the Vatican, 10/84. 230 · Happy Birthday, COMSAT! · Arthur C. Clarke · ar birthday greetings to COMSAT at party, 18/2/88. 232 · The Clarke Awards · Arthur C. Clarke · ar 235 · CNN Live · Arthur C. Clarke · ar 238 · Peacesat · Arthur C. Clarke · ar second half of 1986 Nehru Memorial Address “Star Wars and Star Peace”. 245 · Let There Be Light! 247 · Cable Comeback · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Voice Across the Sea by Arthur C. Clarke, William Luscombe, 1974, as “The New Cables” this version is greatly revised. 251 · Talking with Light · Arthur C. Clarke · ar 258 · As Far as Eye Can See · Arthur C. Clarke · ar 263 · Epilogue · Arthur C. Clarke · ms 265 · References and Acknowledgements · Arthur C. Clarke · ms 267 · The Space-Station: Its Radio Applications · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Spaceflight March 1968 prepared as a memorandum for the British Interplanetary Society in May 1945. 272 · Extra-Terrestrial Relays · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Wireless World October 1945 280 · Index · [uncredited] · ix

Into Space: A Young Person’s Guide to Space by Arthur C. Clarke & Robert Silverberg (Harper & Row, 1971, 06-021271-3, 129pp, hc, nf, cover by Ginger Giles)     Non-fiction book about space for young people, revised (by Silverberg) from Clarke’s The Young Traveller in Space (Phoenix House, 1954).

Lion of Comarre and Against the Fall of Night by Arthur C. Clarke (Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1968, x+214pp, hc, co) vii · Introduction · Arthur C. Clarke · in 1 · Lion of Comarre · Arthur C. Clarke · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories August 1949 63 · Against the Fall of Night · Arthur C. Clarke · n. Gnome Press, 1953 expanded from the novella of the same name (Startling Stories, November 1948).

More Than One Universe: The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke by Arthur C. Clarke (Bantam Spectra, September 1991, 0-553-29189-0, $4.99, 554pp, pb, co, cover by Paul Swendsen)     Near-omnibus of four collections: Tales of Ten Worlds (Harcourt, Brace & World 1962), The Other Side of the Sky (Harcourt, Brace 1958), The Nine Billion Names of God (Harcourt, Brace & World 1967), and The Wind from the Sun (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1972). Several stories have been dropped, and the order changed. The vignettes from the revised 1987 Signet edition of The Wind from the Sun have been added, but all introductory material has been deleted. 1 · I Remember Babylon · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Playboy May 1960 13 · Summertime on Icarus · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Vogue June 1960, as “The Hottest Piece of Real Estate in the Solar System” 25 · Out of the Cradle, Endlessly Orbiting · Arthur C. Clarke · ss The Dude March 1959 31 · Who’s There? · Arthur C. Clarke · ss This Week May 11 1958, as “The Haunted Spacesuit” 37 · Into the Comet · Arthur C. Clarke · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1960, as “Inside the Comet” 48 · An Ape About the House · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Dude May 1962 56 · Let There Be Light · Arthur C. Clarke · ss The Evening Standard March 30 1957 63 · Death and the Senator · Arthur C. Clarke · nv Analog Science Fact—Fiction May 1961 84 · Trouble with Time · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1960, as “Crime on Mars” 90 · Before Eden · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Amazing Stories June 1961 102 · A Slight Case of Sunstroke · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Galaxy Magazine September 1958, as “The Stroke of the Sun” 111 · Dog Star · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Galaxy Magazine April 1962, as “Moondog” 117 · The Nine Billion Names of God · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953 125 · Refugee · Arthur C. Clarke · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1955, as “This Earth of Majesty” 138 · The Other Side of the Sky · Arthur C. Clarke · gp Infinity Science Fiction September 1957 (+1) _138 · Special Delivery · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction September 1957 _141 · Feathered Friend · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction September 1957 _145 · Take a Deep Breath · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction September 1957 _148 · Freedom of Space · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction October 1957 _151 · Passer-By · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction October 1957 _155 · The Call of the Stars · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction October 1957 159 · Security Check · Arthur C. Clarke · ss The (London) Evening News January 13 1956 164 · No Morning After · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Time to Come ed. August Derleth, Farrar, Straus & Young, 1954 171 · Venture to the Moon · Arthur C. Clarke · gp (r) _171 · The Starting Line · Arthur C. Clarke · ss The Evening Standard May 23 1956, as “Double-Crossed in Outer Space” _175 · Robin Hood, F.R.S. · Arthur C. Clarke · ss The Evening Standard May 24 1956, as “Saved…By a Bow and Arrow” _180 · Green Fingers · Arthur C. Clarke · ss The Evening Standard May 25 1956, as “Death Strikes Surov” _184 · All That Glitters · Arthur C. Clarke · ss The Evening Standard May 26 1956, as “Diamonds! …and Then Divorce” _188 · Watch This Space · Arthur C. Clarke · ss The Evening Standard May 28 1956, as “Who Wrote That Message to the Stars?” _192 · A Question of Residence · Arthur C. Clarke · ss The Evening Standard May 29 1956, as “Alone on the Moon” 198 · All the Time in the World · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Startling Stories July 1952 211 · Cosmic Casanova · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Venture Science Fiction May 1958 218 · The Star [Star of Bethlehem] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction November 1955 225 · Out of the Sun · Arthur C. Clarke · ss If February 1958, as “Out from the Sun” 233 · Transcience · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Startling Stories July 1949 240 · The Songs of Distant Earth · Arthur C. Clarke · nv If June 1958 271 · The Food of the Gods · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Playboy May 1964 276 · Maelstrom II · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Playboy April 1965 291 · The Shining Ones · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Playboy August 1964 309 · The Wind from the Sun · Arthur C. Clarke · nv Boys’ Life March 1964, as “The Sunjammer” 329 · The Secret · Arthur C. Clarke · ss This Week August 11 1963, as “The Secret of the Men on the Moon” 335 · The Last Command · Arthur C. Clarke · vi Bizarre Mystery Magazine November 1965 338 · Dial “F” for Frankenstein · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Playboy January 1965 346 · Reunion · Arthur C. Clarke · vi Infinity Two ed. Robert Hoskins, Lancer, 1971 348 · Playback · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Playboy December 1966 352 · The Light of Darkness · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Playboy June 1966 359 · The Longest Science-Fiction Story Ever Told · Arthur C. Clarke · vi Galaxy Science Fiction October 1966, as “A Recursion in Metastories” 361 · Herbert George Morley Roberts Wells, Esq. · Arthur C. Clarke · ed If December 1967 [Ref. H. G. Wells & Morley Roberts] 364 · Love That Universe · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Escapade August 1967, as “A Desperate and Universal Shout” 368 · Crusade · Arthur C. Clarke · ss The Farthest Reaches ed. Joseph Elder, Trident, 1968 373 · The Neutron Tide · Arthur C. Clarke · vi Galaxy Science Fiction May 1970 376 · Transit of Earth · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Playboy January 1971 390 · A Meeting with Medusa · Arthur C. Clarke · nv Playboy December 1971 435 · When the Twerms Came · Arthur C. Clarke · vi The View from Serendip by Arthur C. Clarke, Random House, 1977 originally published as the text in a comic strip (Playboy May 1972). 437 · Quarantine · Arthur C. Clarke · vi Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine Spring 1977 439 · siseneG · Arthur C. Clarke · vi Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact May 1984 440 · Rescue Party · Arthur C. Clarke · nv Astounding Science Fiction May 1946 468 · The Curse · Arthur C. Clarke · vi King’s College Review December 1946, as “Nightfall” 471 · Hide and Seek · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Astounding Science Fiction September 1949 483 · The Possessed · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Dynamic Science Fiction March 1953 489 · Superiority · Arthur C. Clarke · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1951 501 · A Walk in the Dark · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories August 1950 512 · The Reluctant Orchid [Harry Purvis (White Hart)] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Satellite Science Fiction December 1956 522 · Encounter at Dawn · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Amazing Stories June/July 1953, as “Encounter in the Dawn” 534 · Patent Pending [Harry Purvis (White Hart)] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Argosy November 1954, as “The Invention” 545 · The Sentinel · Arthur C. Clarke · ss 10 Story Fantasy Spring 1951, as “Sentinel of Eternity”

The Nine Billion Names of God: The Best Short Stories of Arthur C. Clarke by Arthur C. Clarke (Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1967, $4.75, 277pp, hc, co) ix · Introduction · Arthur C. Clarke · in 3 · The Nine Billion Names of God · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953 12 · I Remember Babylon · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Playboy May 1960 25 · Trouble with Time · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1960, as “Crime on Mars” 32 · Rescue Party · Arthur C. Clarke · nv Astounding Science Fiction May 1946 62 · The Curse · Arthur C. Clarke · vi King’s College Review December 1946, as “Nightfall” 65 · Summertime on Icarus · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Vogue June 1960, as “The Hottest Piece of Real Estate in the Solar System” 78 · Dog Star · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Galaxy Magazine April 1962, as “Moondog” 85 · Hide and Seek · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Astounding Science Fiction September 1949 98 · Out of the Sun · Arthur C. Clarke · ss If February 1958, as “Out from the Sun” 107 · The Wall of Darkness · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Super Science Stories July 1949 128 · No Morning After · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Time to Come ed. August Derleth, Farrar, Straus & Young, 1954 135 · The Possessed · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Dynamic Science Fiction March 1953 141 · Death and the Senator · Arthur C. Clarke · nv Analog Science Fact—Fiction May 1961 164 · Who’s There? · Arthur C. Clarke · ss This Week May 11 1958, as “The Haunted Spacesuit” 170 · Before Eden · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Amazing Stories June 1961 183 · Superiority · Arthur C. Clarke · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1951 195 · A Walk in the Dark · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories August 1950 207 · The Call of the Stars · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction October 1957 211 · The Reluctant Orchid [Harry Purvis (White Hart)] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Satellite Science Fiction December 1956 222 · Encounter at Dawn · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Amazing Stories June/July 1953, as “Encounter in the Dawn” 235 · “If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth…” · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Future Combined with Science Fiction Stories September 1951 241 · Patent Pending [Harry Purvis (White Hart)] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Argosy November 1954, as “The Invention” 253 · The Sentinel · Arthur C. Clarke · ss 10 Story Fantasy Spring 1951, as “Sentinel of Eternity” 264 · Transience · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Startling Stories July 1949 271 · The Star [Star of Bethlehem] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction November 1955

Of Time and Stars by Arthur C. Clarke (Gollancz, 1972, 0-575-01571-3, £1.30, 208pp, hc, co, cover by David Smee) 7 · Introduction · J. B. Priestley · in 11 · Foreword · Arthur C. Clarke · fw 15 · The Nine Billion Names of God · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953 25 · An Ape About the House · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Dude May 1962 35 · Green Fingers · Arthur C. Clarke · ss The Evening Standard May 25 1956, as “Death Strikes Surov” 43 · Trouble with the Natives · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Lilliput February 1951, as “The Men in the Flying Saucer” 59 · Into the Comet · Arthur C. Clarke · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1960, as “Inside the Comet” 73 · No Morning After · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Time to Come ed. August Derleth, Farrar, Straus & Young, 1954 81 · “If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth…” · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Future Combined with Science Fiction Stories September 1951 87 · Who’s There? · Arthur C. Clarke · ss This Week May 11 1958, as “The Haunted Spacesuit” 95 · All the Time in the World · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Startling Stories July 1952 111 · Hide and Seek · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Astounding Science Fiction September 1949 125 · Robin Hood, F.R.S. · Arthur C. Clarke · ss The Evening Standard May 24 1956, as “Saved…By a Bow and Arrow” 131 · The Fires Within · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Fantasy, The Magazine of Science Fiction August 1947, as by E. G. O’Brien 143 · The Forgotten Enemy · Arthur C. Clarke · ss King’s College Review December 1948 153 · The Reluctant Orchid [Harry Purvis (White Hart)] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Satellite Science Fiction December 1956 165 · Encounter at Dawn · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Amazing Stories June/July 1953, as “Encounter in the Dawn” 181 · Security Check · Arthur C. Clarke · ss The (London) Evening News January 13 1956 187 · Feathered Friend · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction September 1957 193 · The Sentinel · Arthur C. Clarke · ss 10 Story Fantasy Spring 1951, as “Sentinel of Eternity” 205 · Bibliography: Books by Arthur C. Clarke · [uncredited] · bi