The Best of Arthur C. Clarke

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author = Arthur C. Clarke
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language = English
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genre = Science fiction Short stories
publisher = Sidgwick & Jackson
release_date = 1973
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media_type = Print (Hardcover)
pages = 336 pp
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"The Best of Arthur C. Clarke: 1937-1971" is a collection of science fiction short stories by Arthur C. Clarke originally published in 1973.

The stories, written between 1937 and 1971 originally appeared in a number of periodicals including "Amateur Science Stories", "Zenith", "The Fantast", "Fantasy", "Startling Stories", "Astounding", "Science Fiction Quarterly", "Ten Story Fantasy", "Infinity Science Fiction", "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction", "The Evening Standard", "Vogue", "Analog", "If", "Boys' Life" and "Playboy"

Contents

The contents include:

* 1933: A Science Fiction Odyssey
* "Travel by Wire"
* "Retreat from Earth"
* "The Awakening"
* "Whacky"
* "Castaway"
* "History Lesson"
* "Hide and Seek"
* "Second Dawn"
* "The Sentinel"
* "The Star"
* "Refugee"
* "Venture to the Moon"
** "The Starting Line"
** "Robin Hood, F.R.S."
** "Green Fingers"
** "All That Glitters"
** "Watch This Space"
** "A Question of Residence"
* "Into the Comet"
* "Summertime on Icarus"
* "Death and the Senator"
* "Hate"
* "Sunjammer"
* "A Meeting with Medusa"
* Bibliography

References

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