''Reach for Tomorrow'' is a 1956 collection of
science fiction
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short stories
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by British writer
Arthur C. Clarke
Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 191719 March 2008) was an English science fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host.
Clarke co-wrote the screenplay for the 1968 film '' 2001: A ...
. All the stories originally appeared in a number of different publications.
Contents
This collection includes:
*"Preface"
*"
Rescue Party"
*"A Walk in the Dark"
*"
The Forgotten Enemy"
*"
Technical Error"
*"The Parasite"
*"The Fires Within"
*"
The Awakening"
*"
Trouble With the Natives"
*"
The Curse"
*"
Time's Arrow"
*"
Jupiter Five"
*"
The Possessed"
Reception
''
Galaxy
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'' reviewer Floyd C. Gale described the collection as "an excellent cross-section of the art of one of science fiction's foremost exponents."
Anthony Boucher
William Anthony Parker White (August 21, 1911 – April 29, 1968), better known by his pen name Anthony Boucher (), was an American author, critic, and editor who wrote several classic mystery novels, short stories, science fiction, and radio dr ...
, however, characterized most of the shorter pieces as inferior work, excluded from Clarke's previous collection, but praised two (unspecified) novelettes as "uniquely authentic Clarke."
["Recommended Reading," '']F&SF
''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (usually referred to as ''F&SF'') is a U.S. fantasy and science-fiction magazine, first published in 1949 by Mystery House, a subsidiary of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Press. Editors Anthony Bouche ...
'', July 1956, p.94.
References
Sources
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External links
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Open Library's entry for Reach for Tomorrow
1956 short story collections
Science fiction short story collections
Short story collections by Arthur C. Clarke
Books with cover art by Richard M. Powers
Ballantine Books books
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