The nine billion names of God; the best short stories of Arthur C. Clarke

1967·11.2 MB·English

by  Clarke, Arthur Charles, 1917-

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[•rum arnoiij: llic liundrt'd or so stories he has
\Niitlfri in tin- course of thirty years. Arthur C.
(.larke has selected for this Nohime those he him-
self likes hest. The skill of their telling is heyond
praise, and |ircfati>i\ m>|c- to a nutiiber of the
stfiries add to the interest and a[)j)eal of a thor-
oughh satisfying eolleetion. One of the stories,
"The Sentinel," inspired the forthcoming film
"2001 : A Space Odyssey." The stories included
are:
The Nine Billion Names of God
I RenuMuher Bahylon
Irouhle with Time
Rescue Party
The Curse
SuMiinertirne on Icarus
Dog Star
Hide and Seek
Out of the Sun
The Wall of Darkness
No Morning After
The Possessed
Death and the Senator
Who's There?
Before P]den
Superiority
A Walk in the Dark
The Call of the Stars
The H<'luctant Orchid
Kncounter at Dawn
if Forget Thee. Oh Earth..."
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The Sentinel
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riic Star
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The Nine Billion Names of God
Books hy Arthur C. Clarke
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Interplanetary Flight / The Exploration of Space / Going into Space /
The Coast of Coral / The Making of a Moon /
The Reefs of Taprobane / Voice Across the Sea /
The Challenge of the Spaceship / The Challenge of the Sea /
Profiles of the Future / Voices from the Sky /
With Mike Wilson
The First Five Fathoms / Boy Beneath the Sea /
Indian Ocean Adventure / Indian Ocean Treasure /
Treasure of the Great Reef /
With R. A. Smith
The Exploration of the Moon
With the Editors of Life
Man and Space
Fiction
Islands in the Sky / Prelude to Space / Against the Fall of Night /
The Sands of Mars / Childhood's End / Expedition to Earth /
Earthlight / Reach for Tomorrow / The City and the Stars /
Talcs from the "White Hart" / The Deep Range /
The Other Side of the Sky / Across the Sea of Stars /
A Fall of Moondust / From the Ocean, from the Stars /
Tales of Ten Worlds / Dolphin Island / Glide Path /
Prelude to Mars
Names God
The Nine Billion of
The Best Short Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
Harcourt, Brace 8l World, Inc. * New York
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C'opvTipht © 1967 by Arthur C. Clarke; "The Nine Billion Names of
God" copyright, 1953, by Ballantine Books, Inc.; "I Remember Baby-
HMH
lon" copyright 1960 by Publishing Co., Inc.; "Trouble with Time"
©
1960 by Davis Pubhcation.s, Inc. (as "Crime on Mars"); "Rescue
Party" copyright 1946 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc.; "The
Curse" copyright 1953 by Star Publications, Inc.; "Summertime on
Icanis" copyright 1960 by Conde Nast Publications, Inc. (as "The Hot-
test Piece of Real Estate in the Solar System"); "Dog Star" copyright
1962 by Galaxy Publishing Corporation (as "Moondog"); "Hide and
Seek" copyright 1949 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc.; "Out of the
©
Sun" copyright 1958 by Arthur C. Clarke; "The Wall of Darkness"
copyright, 1949, by Fictioneers, Inc. (a subsidiar>' of Popular Publica-
tions, Inc.); "No Morning After" copyright, 1954, by August Derleth
"The Possessed" copyright 1952 by Columbia Publications, Inc.; "Death
and the Senator" copyright 1961 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc.;
"Who's There?" copyright 1958 by United Newspapers Magazine Corpo-
ration (as "The Haunted Spacesuit"); "Before Eden" copyright 1961 by
Ziff-Davis Publishing Company; "Superiority" copyright 1951 by Fan-
tasy House, Inc.; "A Walk in the Dark" copyright 1950 by Standard
Magazines, Inc.; "The Call of the Stars" copyright 1957 by Royal Pub-
lications, Inc.; "The Reluctant Orchid" copyright 1956 by Renown
Publishing Co., Inc.; "Encounter at Dawn" copyright 1953 by Ziff-Davis
Publishing Company (as "Encounter in the Dawn"); "If I Forget Thee,
Oh Earth ." copyright 1951 by Columl)ia Publications, Inc.; "Patent
. .
Pending" copyright 1954 by Popular Publications, Inc.; "The Sentinel"
copyright 1951 by Avon Periodicals, Inc.; "Transience" copyright, 1949,
by Better Publications, Inc.; "The Star" copyright, 1955, by Royal
Publications,Inc.
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First edition
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 67-16086
Printed in the United States of America
To "Mittif {Captain E. B. Mitford)
who encouraged my initial scribblings
at Huish's Grammar School, 1930-36,
and became my first editor