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Expedition to Earth by Arthur C. Clarke (Ballantine, December 1953, 52, 35¢, 165pp, pb, co, cover by Richard Powers) 1 · Second Dawn · Arthur C. Clarke · nv Science Fiction Quarterly August 1951 28 · “If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth…” · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Future Combined with Science Fiction Stories September 1951 41 · Breaking Strain · Arthur C. Clarke · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1949, as “Thirty Seconds—Thirty Days” 73 · History Lesson · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Startling Stories May 1949 83 · Superiority · Arthur C. Clarke · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1951 95 · Exile of the Eons · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Super Science Stories March 1950 112 · Hide and Seek · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Astounding Science Fiction September 1949 125 · Expedition to Earth · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Amazing Stories June/July 1953, as “Encounter in the Dawn” 138 · Loophole · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Astounding Science Fiction April 1946 145 · Inheritance · Arthur C. Clarke · ss New Worlds #3, 1947, as by Charles Willis 155 · The Sentinel · Arthur C. Clarke · ss 10 Story Fantasy Spring 1951, as “Sentinel of Eternity”

Expedition to Earth by Arthur C. Clarke (Sidgwick & Jackson, 1954, 8/6d, 167pp, hc, co)     Reprint (Ballantine 1953) collection. Although this edition has the same contents as the US edition, three of the stories have been renamed, including the title “Expedition to Earth” being applied to a different story. Also in An Arthur C. Clarke Omnibus. 7 · Second Dawn · Arthur C. Clarke · nv Science Fiction Quarterly August 1951 41 · “If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth…” · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Future Combined with Science Fiction Stories September 1951 46 · Breaking Strain · Arthur C. Clarke · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1949, as “Thirty Seconds—Thirty Days” 77 · Expedition to Earth · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Startling Stories May 1949, as “History Lesson” 87 · Superiority · Arthur C. Clarke · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1951 99 · Nemesis · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Super Science Stories March 1950, as “Exile of the Eons” 116 · Hide and Seek · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Astounding Science Fiction September 1949 128 · Encounter in the Dawn · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Amazing Stories June/July 1953 141 · Loophole · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Astounding Science Fiction April 1946 148 · Inheritance · Arthur C. Clarke · ss New Worlds #3, 1947, as by Charles Willis 157 · The Sentinel · Arthur C. Clarke · ss 10 Story Fantasy Spring 1951, as “Sentinel of Eternity”

The Fantastic Muse by Arthur C. Clarke (Hilltop Press, July 1992, 0-905262-05-0, £1.00, 9pp, ph, nf)     Collection of an article by Clarke on sf poetry and an sf poem, both reprinted from fanzines in the 1930’s. 4 · Introduction · Steve Sneyd · in 5 · The Fantastic Muse · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Novae Terrae May 1938 8 · The Twilight of a Sun · Arthur C. Clarke · pm The Fantast April 1939

From Narnia to A Space Odyssey: The War of Ideas Between Arthur C. Clarke and C.S. Lewis by Arthur C. Clarke & C. S. Lewis (ibooks, November 2005, 1-59687-143-1, $12.95, 176pp, tp, nf, cover by Dennis Calero) [edited by Ryder W. Miller]     Reprint (ibooks 2003) non-fiction collection of letters between Clarke and Lewis, plus two stories and one essay by Lewis and six stories and one essay by Clarke. 5 · The Other Clarke and Lewis · Ryder W. Miller · in [Ref. Arthur C. Clarke & C. S. Lewis] 11 · C.S. Lewis: “Protector of the Heavens” · Ryder W. Miller · ar [Ref. C. S. Lewis] 21 · Sir Arthur C. Clarke: “Man of the Century” · Ryder W. Miller · ar [Ref. Arthur C. Clarke] 33 · Preface · Arthur C. Clarke · pr 35 · The Clarke/Lewis Correspondence · Arthur C. Clarke & C. S. Lewis · lt 53 · Stories and Essays 54 · Ministering Angels · C. S. Lewis · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1958 63 · Forms of Things Unknown · C. S. Lewis · ss Of Other Worlds by C. S. Lewis, Bles, 1966 70 · On Science Fiction · C. S. Lewis · ar Of Other Worlds by C. S. Lewis, Bles, 1966 presented to the Cambridge University English Club, 24 Nov 1955. 82 · A Meeting with Medusa · Arthur C. Clarke · nv Playboy December 1971 121 · Jupiter Five · Arthur C. Clarke · nv If May 1953 148 · The Nine Billion Names of God · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953 154 · Letter to Arthur C. Clarke, 27/2/97 · Dalai Lama · lt 155 · The Star [Star of Bethlehem] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction November 1955 161 · The Light of Darkness · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Playboy June 1966 167 · The Moon and Mr. Farnsworth · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds! by Arthur C. Clarke, St. Martin's, 1999; probably written in 1945-1946. 171 · When Will the Real Space Age Begin? · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Ad Astra May/June 1996 175 · A Final Letter from Arthur C. Clarke · Arthur C. Clarke · lt

Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds! Collected Essays 1934-1998 by Arthur C. Clarke (St. Martin’s, August 1999, 0-312-19893-0, $35.00, xviii+555pp, hc, co) [edited by Ian T. Macauley]     Collection of 110 non-fiction works published between 1934 and 1938. xv · Acknowledgements · Arthur C. Clarke · ms (r) xvii · Preface · Arthur C. Clarke · pr (r) 1 · Part One. The 1930s and 1940s: Rockets and Radar 3 · Introduction · Arthur C. Clarke · si from Astounding Days, Gollancz, 1989; extracts from first few chapters. 7 · Dunsany, Lord of Fantasy · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Futurian War Digest December 1944 13 · Rockets · Arthur C. Clarke · br Futurian War Digest December 1944 [Ref. Willy Ley] 17 · The Coming Age of Rocket Power · Arthur C. Clarke · br Spacewards #6, 1945 [Ref. G. Edward Pendray] 19 · Extraterrestrial Relays · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Wireless World October 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 December 1946 revised from a talk given to the British Interplanetary Society in 1946. 44 · First Men in the Moon · Arthur C. Clarke · ar The Star January 30 1947 48 · The Problem of Dr. Campbell · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Journal of the British Interplanetary Society September 1948 54 · The Lackeys of Wall Street · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Fantasy Review February/March 1949 58 · Voyages to the Moon · Arthur C. Clarke · br Journal of the British Interplanetary Society September 1949 [Ref. Marjorie Hope Nicholson] 63 · You’re on the Glide Path, I Think · Arthur C. Clarke · ar The Aeroplane September 23 1949 72 · Morphological Astronomy · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Journal of the British Astronomical Society February 1949 75 · The Conquest of Space · Arthur C. Clarke · br Journal of the British Astronomical Society December 1949 [Ref. Chesley Bonestell & Willy Ley] 79 · Part Two. The 1950s: Beneath the Seas of Ceylon 81 · Introduction · Arthur C. Clarke · si (r) 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 September 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 October 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 January 1952; adds 1998 footnote. 111 · Review: Man on the Moon · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Journal of the British Interplanetary Society June 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 March 1954 [Ref. Desmond Leslie & George Adamski] 123 · Undersea Holiday · Arthur C. Clarke · ar The Challenge of the Sea by Arthur C. Clarke, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1960, 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 October 1954 139 · Astronautical Fallacies · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Journal of the British Interplanetary Society November 1954 145 · The Star of Bethlehem · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Holiday December 1954 153 · Capricorn to Cancer · Arthur C. Clarke · ex from The Reefs of Taprobane, Harper & Row, 1957 157 · Keeping House in Colombo · Arthur C. Clarke · ex from The Reefs of Taprobane, Harper & Row, 1957 161 · The Reefcombers’ Derby · Arthur C. Clarke · ex from The Reefs of Taprobane, Harper & Row, 1957 165 · Rest Houses, Catamarans, and Sharks · Arthur C. Clarke · ex from The Reefs of Taprobane, Harper & Row, 1957 168 · The First Wreck · Arthur C. Clarke · ex from The Reefs of Taprobane, Harper & Row, 1957 173 · A Clear Run to the South Pole · Arthur C. Clarke · ex from The Treasure of the Great Reef, Harper & Row, 1962 180 · The Isle of Taprobane · Arthur C. Clarke · ex from The Treasure of the Great Reef, Harper & Row, 1962 183 · The Great Reef · Arthur C. Clarke · ex from The Treasure of the Great Reef, Harper & Row, 1962 189 · Winding Up · Arthur C. Clarke · ex from The Treasure of the Great Reef, Harper & Row, 1962 193 · Part Three. The 1960s: Kubrick and Cape Kennedy 195 · Introduction · Arthur C. Clarke · si (r) 196 · Failures of Nerve and Imagination · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Playboy March 1962, as “The Hazards of Prophecy” 204 · We’ll Never Conquer Space · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Science Digest June 1960 210 · Rocket to the Renaissance · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Playboy July 1960 217 · The Obsolescence of Man · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Playboy July 1961, as “Machina ex Deus” 226 · Space and the Spirit of Man · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Astronautics October 1961, as “Space Flight and the Spirit of Man” 231 · The Uses of the Moon · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Harper’s Magazine December 1961 240 · The Playing Fields of Space · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Holiday June 1962 246 · Kalinga Prize Speech · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Voices from the Sky by Arthur C. Clarke, Harper & Row, 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 April 1968 259 · Son of Dr. Strangelove · Arthur C. Clarke · ar New York August 11 1968, as “Destination 2001—Kubrick at the Controls” 264 · Possible, That’s All! · Arthur C. Clarke · ar The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1968 268 · The Mind of the Machine · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Playboy December 1968 277 · God and Einstein · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Report on Planet Three and Other Speculations by Arthur C. Clarke, Harper & Row, 1972 279 · Part Four. The 1970s: Tomorrow’s Worlds 281 · Introduction · Arthur C. Clarke · si (r) 283 · Satellites and Saris · Arthur C. Clarke · gp (r) _283 · untitled (“Mr. Secretary, your excellencies, distinguished guests…”) · Arthur C. Clarke · ar The View from Serendip by Arthur C. Clarke, Random House, 1977 speech delivered to State Department at the inauguration of INTELSAT, 20 August 1971. _285 · untitled (“For thousands of years, men have sought their future”) · Arthur C. Clarke · ar The Daily Telegraph December 17 1971, as “Schoolmaster Satellite” 291 · Mars and the Mind of Man · Arthur C. Clarke · ex Harper & Row, 1973 296 · The Sea of Sinbad · Arthur C. Clarke · gp (r) _296 · Ayu Bowan, Ceylon · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Welcome Aboard 1972 _299 · Out of This World · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Observer Magazine October 29 1972 305 · Willy and Chesley · Arthur C. Clarke · ar The View from Serendip by Arthur C. Clarke, Random House, 1977 310 · The Snows of Olympus · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Playboy December 1974 313 · Writing to Sell · Arthur C. Clarke · in Writing to Sell by Scott Meredith, Harper and Row, 1977, as “Introduction” 319 · Part Five. The 1980s: Stay of Execution 321 · Introduction · Arthur C. Clarke · si (r) 323 · The Steam-Powered Word Processor · Arthur C. Clarke · fa Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact September 1986 329 · Afterword: “Maelstrom II” · Arthur C. Clarke · aw Avon, 1988 from Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime, Volume 2: Maelstrom by Paul Preuss. 333 · Mother Nature Got There First · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact August 1990, as “If It Can Be Done, Nature’s Done It Already” 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 from 2001: A Space Odyssey, Roc, 1993; as foreword. 348 · Coauthors and Other Nuisances · Arthur C. Clarke · aw from Rama II, Bantam, 1989; as afterword. 353 · The Power of Compression · Arthur C. Clarke · ar The Reader’s Digest UK December 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 · Arthur C. Clarke · ar from The Ghost from the Grand Banks, Bantam, 1990 lecture delivered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 12, 1989. 368 · Close Encounter with Cosmonauts · Arthur C. Clarke · ar first appeared in Russian in the September 1989 issue of the Russian edition of Omni. 371 · The Century Syndrome · Arthur C. Clarke · ex from The Ghost from the Grand Banks, Bantam, 1990 374 · Who’s Afraid of Leonard Woolf? · Arthur C. Clarke · ar 1984: Spring by Arthur C. Clarke, Del Rey, 1984 [Ref. Leonard Woolf] 380 · My Four Feet on the Ground · Arthur C. Clarke · in My Four Feet on the Ground by Nora Clarke, Rocket Publishing, 1978, as “Introduction” 383 · Part Six. The 1990s: Countdown to 2000 385 · Introduction · Arthur C. Clarke · si (r) 387 · Marconi Symposium · Arthur C. Clarke · ar 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 by 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 January 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 February 1992 418 · Introduction to Jack Williamson’s 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 Sunday Express 1992 436 · Good-bye, Isaac · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Locus May 1992 438 · Encyclical · Arthur C. Clarke · ex from The Hammer of God, Bantam, 1993 440 · Letter from Sri Lanka · Arthur C. Clarke · ar 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's Library, 1993 460 · The Joy of Maths · Arthur C. Clarke · ar 465 · Tribute to Robert Bloch · Arthur C. Clarke · bg Robert Bloch: Appreciations of the Master ed. Richard Matheson & Ricia Mainhardt, Tor, 1995, as “[untitled Robert Bloch appreciation]” 468 · Spaceguard · Arthur C. Clarke · ar the Convocation Address at the University of Moratuwa, 1994. 472 · Foreword: Encyclopedia of Frauds by James Randi · Arthur C. Clarke · fw 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 September 1992 482 · The Birth of HAL · Arthur C. Clarke · in 1997 as 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 October 4 1995 488 · Tribute to David Lasser · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Locus July 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/June 1996 496 · Review: Imagined Worlds by Freeman Dyson · Arthur C. Clarke · br Times Higher Education Supplement March 14 1997, as “Mind Stretch” [Ref. Freeman Dyson] 501 · Eyes on the Universe · Arthur C. Clarke · br Times Higher Education Supplement June 27 1997, as “Looking Up, Down the Barrel” [Ref. Patrick Moore] book review of The Story of the Telescope. 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 August 5 1997, as “Why ET Will Never Call Home” 515 · Carl Sagan · Arthur C. Clarke · br Times Higher Education Supplement December 12 1997, as “Space Sage”; review of Carl Sagan’s Universe (eds. Yervant Terzian and Elizabeth Bilson, 1997). 519 · For Cherene, Tamara, and Melinda · Arthur C. Clarke · ar LEADERS July/September 1992 523 · Part Seven. Postscript: 2000 and Beyond 525 · Science and Society · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Science June 5 1998, as “Presidents, Experts, and Asteroids” 529 · Is There Life After Television? · Arthur C. Clarke · ar speech given at the Fiftieth Annual Emmy Awards, Sept 1997. 534 · The Twenty-First Century: A (Very) Brief History · Arthur C. Clarke · ar The Sunday Telegraph February 21 1999, as “2001 and Beyond” 541 · Sources · [uncredited] · bi (r) 547 · Index · [uncredited] · ix (r)