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
- xvii · Preface · Arthur C. Clarke · pr
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 547 · Index · [uncredited] · ix
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