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The Sentinel (anthology)
''The Sentinel'' is a collection of science fiction short story, short stories by English writer Arthur C. Clarke, Arthur C. Clarke, originally published in 1983. The stories, written between 1946 and 1981, originally appeared in a number of magazines including ''Astounding'', ''Famous Fantastic Mysteries'', ''Thrilling Wonder Stories'', ''10 Story Fantasy'', ''if (magazine), If'', ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'', ''Boys' Life'', ''Playboy'' and ''Omni (magazine), Omni''. Contents Contents of ''The Sentinel'' include: *Introduction: Of Sand and Stars *"The Sentinel (short story), The Sentinel" *"Holiday on the Moon" (First edition only) *"Earthlight (short story), Earthlight" (First edition only) *"Rescue Party (short story), Rescue Party" *"Guardian Angel (short story), Guardian Angel" *"Breaking Strain" *"Jupiter Five (Arthur C Clarke short story), Jupiter V" *"Refugee" *"Sunjammer, The Wind from the Sun" *"A Meeting with Medusa" *"The Songs of Distant Earth" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Novels
A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is an affinity group for contributors with shared goals within the Wikimedia movement. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia, and exist to varying degrees within Wikimedia project, sibling projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikidata, and Wikisource. They also exist in different languages, and translation of articles is a form of their collaboration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News noted the role of Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine in maintaining the accuracy of articles related to the disease. Another WikiProject that has drawn attention is WikiProject Women Scientists, which was profiled by ''Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian'' for its efforts to improve coverage of women scientists which the profile noted had "helped increase the number of female scientists on Wikipedia from around 1,600 to over 5,000". On Wikipedia Some Wikipedia WikiProjects are substantial enough to engage in cooperative activities with outsi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playboy
''Playboy'' (stylized in all caps) is an American men's Lifestyle journalism, lifestyle and entertainment magazine, available both online and in print. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. Known for its centerfolds of nude and semi-nude models (Playboy Playmate, Playmates), ''Playboy'' played an important role in the sexual revolution and remains one of the world's best-known brands, with a presence in nearly every medium. In addition to the flagship magazine in the United States, special #International editions, nation-specific versions of ''Playboy'' are published worldwide, including those by licensees, such as Dirk Steenekamp's DHS Media Group. The magazine has a long history of publishing short stories by novelists such as Arthur C. Clarke, Ian Fleming, Vladimir Nabokov, Saul Bellow, Chuck Palahniuk, P. G. Wodehouse, Roald Dahl, Haruki Murakami, and Margaret Atwood. With a regular displ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Short Story Collections
1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 6 – Pope John Paul II appoints a bishop over the Czechoslovak exile community, which the ''Rudé právo'' newspaper calls a "provocation." This begins a year-long disagreement between the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Vatican, leading to the eventual restoration of diplomatic relations between the two states. * January 14 – The head of Bangladesh's military dictatorship, Hussain Muhammad Ershad, announces his intentions to "turn Bangladesh into an Islamic state." * January 18 – U.S. Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt makes controversial remarks blaming poor living conditions on Native American reservations on "the failures of socialism." Watt will eventually resign in September after a series o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Songs Of Distant Earth
''The Songs of Distant Earth'' is a 1986 science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke, Arthur C. Clarke, based upon his 1958 short story of the same title. Of all of his novels, Clarke stated that this was his favourite. Prior to the publishing of the novel, Clarke also wrote a short step outline with the same title, published in Omni (magazine), ''Omni'' magazine and anthologised in ''The Sentinel (anthology), The Sentinel'' in 1983. The story is set in the 39th century and depicts the journey of the spaceship ''Magellan'' as it carries a large group of colonists in suspended animation to a distant planet after Earth's sun goes nova. En route, it has to stop for repairs at the planet Thalassa, which was colonised 700 years earlier but the colonists there lost contact with Earth for the past couple of centuries. The story delves into the cultural and emotional impact of the distant Earth’s demise on both sets of colonists, and how humans from two different ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Meeting With Medusa
''A Meeting with Medusa'' is a science fiction novella by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. It was originally published in 1971 and has since been included in the anthology ''Nebula Award Stories Eight'' as well as several collections of Clarke's writings. A sequel, '' The Medusa Chronicles'', was published in 2016 as a collaborative effort between Alastair Reynolds and Stephen Baxter. Plot summary Taking place partly on Earth and partly in the atmosphere of Jupiter, the story tells of Howard Falcon, the captain of a new and experimental giant-sized helium-filled airship. When an accident causes the ship to crash, Falcon is badly injured and takes over a year to fully recover. Later, Falcon promotes an expedition to explore the atmosphere of Jupiter. After several years and many trials, the expedition is launched, with Falcon at the controls of the ''Kon-Tiki'', a hot-hydrogen balloon-supported craft that descends through the upper atmosphere of Jupiter. As the craft d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunjammer
"Sunjammer" is a science fiction short story by British writer Arthur C. Clarke, originally published in the March 1964 issue of ''Boys' Life''.Short Stories . ''Arthurcclarke.net'', 2007-2011, retrieved June 22, 2011 The story has also been published under the title "The Wind from the Sun" in Clarke's 1972 collection of short stories with this title. It depicts a yacht race between solar sail spacecraft. Plot summary John Merton, a spaceship designer, develops and promotes a lightweight spacecraft with a large area of |
Jupiter Five (Arthur C Clarke Short Story)
"Jupiter Five" is a science fiction short story by British writer Arthur C. Clarke, first published in the magazine ''If'' in May 1953.Arthur C. Clarke: Reach for Tomorrow. ''Ballantine Books'', New York 1956, p. IV It reappeared in Clarke's collection of short stories in 1956, and concerns the detection and exploration of an ancient spaceship from outside the Solar System. Plot summary Professor Forster, a scientist on an expedition with the spacecraft '' Arnold Toynbee'', discovers that Jupiter V, the innermost satellite of Jupiter, is actually a spacecraft from "Culture X", an ancient race of reptiles from outside the Solar System. Culture X coexisted with insectoid Martians and settled the smaller rocky planets and moons throughout the Solar System, except for Earth's Moon. Jupiter V is a spherical metal vehicle with a diameter of 30 kilometers, containing an art gallery with millions of exhibits. One exhibit depicts a member of Culture X, whom Forster dubs "The Ambassa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breaking Strain
"Breaking Strain", also known as "Thirty Seconds - Thirty Days", is a science fiction short story by English writer Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1949. It was adapted into a movie in 1994 under the title ''Trapped in Space''. Plot summary This shipwreck survival drama involves a space freighter on Earth/Venus run. A meteor hit during the middle of the voyage has drained most on-board oxygen supplies. The two crew members (Grant and McNeil) realize they will not have enough oxygen for the two of them to complete the trip. The two crew members live a few days in exclusion from each other, independently considering plans for survival. The story is primarily told from Grant's perspective (the ship's captain), who becomes frustrated with McNeil's apparent inconsiderate behavior. Eventually Grant realizes that there is enough oxygen on board for one crew member to finish the trip. He struggles with the idea of deciding who will live or die, though all the while believes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guardian Angel (short Story)
''Childhood's End'' is a 1953 science fiction novel by the British author Arthur C. Clarke. The story follows the peaceful alien invasion of Earth by the mysterious Overlords, whose arrival begins decades of apparent utopia under indirect alien rule, at the cost of human identity and culture. Clarke's idea for the book began with his short story "Guardian Angel" (published in '' New Worlds'' #8, winter 1950), which he expanded into a novel in 1952, incorporating it as the first part of the book, "Earth and the Overlords". Completed and published in 1953, ''Childhood's End'' sold out its first printing, received good reviews and became Clarke's first successful novel. The book is often regarded by both readers and critics as Clarke's best novel. and is described as "a classic of alien literature". Along with ''The Songs of Distant Earth'' (1986), Clarke considered ''Childhood's End'' to be one of his favourites of his own novels. The novel was nominated for the Retro Hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rescue Party (short Story)
"Rescue Party" is a science fiction short story by English writer Arthur C. Clarke, first published in ''Astounding Science Fiction'' in May 1946. It was the first story that he sold, though not the first one published. It was republished in Clarke's second collection, ''Reach for Tomorrow'' (1956), and also appears in ''The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke'' (2001). Plot summary Aliens, aware that the Sun will explode very soon, arrive to save as many humans and as much of their culture as possible. Normally the galactic civilizations conduct surveys of planets every million years for new species, but the human race did not exist the previous time the Earth was checked – nearly four hundred thousand years before. However, radio signals had been detected at a planet 200 light years away, indicating intelligent life had arisen. To the aliens' surprise, the planet seems to be empty of intelligent life, except for the remnants of a civilization. While the aliens explore th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earthlight (short Story)
''Earthlight'' is a science fiction novella by British writer Arthur C. Clarke, first published in the August 1951 issue of ''Thrilling Wonder Stories''. It was later expanded into the novel ''Earthlight'' in 1955. Plot summary The short story details two astronomers caught outside their base on the Moon as a battle rages between the forces of Earth and the Federation of the outer planets of the Solar System over possession of the Moon's supply of uranium Uranium is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol, symbol U and atomic number 92. It is a silvery-grey metal in the actinide series of the periodic table. A uranium atom has 92 protons and 92 electrons, of which 6 are valence electrons. Ura .... It differs dramatically from the novel in chronology - the story is set in c. 2015, while the novel is c. 2175. In most other respects the plot of the short story is retained by the novel. References External links * Short stories by Arthur C. Clarke 1951 short stori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sentinel (short Story)
"The Sentinel" is a science fiction short story by British author Arthur C. Clarke, Arthur C. Clarke, written in 1948 and first published in 1951. Its plot and ideas influenced the development of the 1968 film ''2001: A Space Odyssey (film), 2001: A Space Odyssey'' and its 2001: A Space Odyssey (novel), corresponding novel. Publication history "The Sentinel" was written in 1948 for a BBC competition in which it failed to place. It was first published in the magazine ''10 Story Fantasy'', in the Spring 1951 issue, under the title "Sentinel of Eternity". Despite the story's initial failure, it ultimately changed the course of Clarke's career. It appears in the short story collections ''Expedition to Earth'' (1953), ''The Nine Billion Names of God (collection), The Nine Billion Names of God'' (1967), and ''The Sentinel (anthology), The Sentinel'' (1982), as well as in ''The Lost Worlds of 2001'' (1972). Plot The story is set in 1996 (at the time of writing, several decades ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
