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Of Time And Stars
''Of Time and Stars'' is a collection of science fiction short stories by British writer Arthur C. Clarke, containing an introduction by J. B. Priestley. The stories all originally appeared in a number of different publications including the periodicals ''Dude'', ''The Evening Standard'', ''Lilliput'', ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'', ''Future'', '' New Worlds'', ''Startling Stories'', ''Astounding'', ''Fantasy'', ''King's College Review'', ''Satellite'', ''Amazing Stories'', ''London Evening News'', ''Infinity Science Fiction'' and ''Ten Story Fantasy'' as well as the anthologies ''Star Science Fiction Stories No.1'' edited by Frederik Pohl and ''Time to Come'' edited by August Derleth. Contents This collection, originally published in 1972, includes: * Introduction by J.B. Priestley * Foreword * " The Nine Billion Names of God" * "An Ape About the House" * "Green Fingers" * " Trouble with the Natives" * " Into the Comet" * "No Morning After" * "If I Forge ... [...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] |
Infinity Science Fiction
''Infinity Science Fiction'' was an American science fiction magazine, edited by Larry T. Shaw, and published by Royal Publications. The first issue, which appeared in November 1955, included Arthur C. Clarke's "The Star (Clarke short story), The Star", a story about a planet destroyed by a nova (an exploding star) that turns out to have been the Star of Bethlehem; it won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story, Hugo Award for that year. Shaw obtained stories from some of the leading writers of the day, including Brian Aldiss, Isaac Asimov, and Robert Sheckley, but the material was of variable quality. In 1958 Irwin Stein, the owner of Royal Publications, decided to shut down ''Infinity''; the last issue was dated November 1958. The title was revived a decade later by Stein's publishing house, Lancer Books, as a paperback anthology series. Five volumes were published between 1970 and 1973, edited by Robert Hoskins; a sixth was prepared but withdrawn after Lancer ran into financial p ... [...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] |
Encounter In The Dawn
"Encounter in the Dawn" is a short story by British author Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1953 in the magazine ''Amazing Stories''. It is part of the short story collection ''Expedition to Earth''. Its plot and ideas influenced the development of the 1968 film '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'' and its corresponding novel. Title The story has appeared under several titles. In his 1972 book ''The Lost Worlds of 2001'', Clarke noted that: Plot Three scientists, Altman, Bertrond, and Clindar, are crewing a spaceship on a survey of the Milky Way. They come across a planet that is very similar to their own homeworld, and is inhabited by a species of intelligent but primitive humanoids. Life of this type is rare, so the three men make contact with one of planet's inhabitants, a hunter named Yaan. Yaan does not understand his visitors' language or technology (which includes an advanced robot) and he regards them as gods of some kind. Bertrond hopes to lift Yaan's people out of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Reluctant Orchid
"The Reluctant Orchid" is a science fiction short story by British writer Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1956, and later anthologized in'' Tales from the White Hart''. Like the rest of the collection, it is a frame story set in the fictional "White Hart" pub, where the fictional Harry Purvis narrates the secondary tale. According to the American orchid biologist, Joseph Arditti, Clarke told him that the story was inspired by the H. G. Wells story "The Flowering of the Strange Orchid" (1894, ''Pall Mall Budget''), which is mentioned in Clarke's story, about a carnivorous orchid that almost kills the man who buys it at auction. Plot The story narrated by Purvis describes the relationship between a very timid acquaintance of his named Hercules Keating, and Hercules's rather overbearing aunt. Hercules is an orchid fancier, and cultivates obscure varieties of these. On one particular occasion, he comes across a carnivorous orchid, and is nearly killed by it. This inspires ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Forgotten Enemy
"The Forgotten Enemy" is a science fiction short story by English writer Arthur C. Clarke, first published in the magazine ''New Worlds'', in August 1949.Bibliography: The Forgotten Enemy '''', retrieved June 12, 2011 It was included in Clarke's collection of science fiction short stories '''', in 1956. It shows a London professor lonely holding out in his native city that has been evacuated due to an upcoming |
Hide-and-Seek (short Story)
"Hide and Seek" is a science fiction short story by English writer Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1949 in the magazine ''Astounding Science Fiction''. It was subsequently published as part of a short story collection in ''Expedition to Earth'' in 1953. Summary "Hide-and-Seek" uses the story within a story format. The frame story is told in the first person, set in a future that has interplanetary travel and has recently seen an interplanetary war. The characters are out hunting when one, Kingman, attempts to shoot a squirrel which takes refuge behind the trunk of a tree. This reminds Kingman of an incident which happened to him during the recent war. Kingman then recounts the story (in the third person) of agent K-15 who was fleeing in a space craft with vital information, pursued by the space cruiser ''Doradus''. K-15 was 12 hours from a rendezvous with a capital ship, but the cruiser was only 6 hours behind him. To escape K-15 lands on the moon Phobos, sending his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth
"If I Forget Thee, O Earth" is a post-apocalyptic fiction short story by English writer Arthur C. Clarke and first published in 1951 in the magazine '' Future SF'' It was subsequently published as part of a short story collection in ''Expedition to Earth'' (1953). The title is taken from Psalm 137:5—"If I forget thee, O Jerusalem"—which consists of the writer lamenting over the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonian army. The themes in the story exploit the anxieties prevalent at the time regarding nuclear warfare. The work was well received. ''Christian Science Monitor ''The Christian Science Monitor'' (''CSM''), commonly known as ''The Monitor'', is a nonprofit news organization that publishes daily articles both in electronic format and a weekly print edition. It was founded in 1908 as a daily newspaper b ...'' reviewer Peter J. Henniker-Heaton wrote: "I do not know of any short story that has moved me more than Arthur C. Clarke's 'If I Forget Thee, Oh Eart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Into The Comet
"Into the Comet" is a science fiction short story by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. It was originally published in ''Fantasy & Science Fiction'' in October 1960. It is one of several stories by many science fiction authors in which problems are solved by reverting to 'primitive' technology. The story was also published as "Inside the Comet". Plot summary The plot concerns a journey by a spaceship to enter through the layers of gas surrounding a comet and observe the nucleus at close range. This part of the mission is successful, but the ship's computer develops a malfunction and they are unable to compute the required orbit to escape the comet. The ionised gas in the comet's tail prevents any radio communication with Earth. George Takeo Pickett, a part-Japanese journalist on board the ship, recalls the use of the abacus used by his granduncle, a bank teller, and persuades the ship's astronomer An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses on a specifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trouble With The Natives (short Story By Arthur Clarke)
"Trouble with the Natives" is a science fiction short story A short story is a piece of prose fiction. It can typically be read in a single sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the old ... by British writer Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1951. This comic story describes the pains of aliens visiting an English village, as every effort at contact with humans gets frustrated. The story was also published as "The Men in the Flying Saucer". This story has similarities with Clarke's other short stories " History Lesson" and " Rescue Party": in all three pieces, aliens draw naive and humorous conclusions about humans from little information. External links * Short stories by Arthur C. Clarke 1951 short stories {{1950s-sf-story-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nine Billion Names Of God
"The Nine Billion Names of God" is a 1953 science fiction short story by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. The story was among the stories selected in 1970 by the Science Fiction Writers of America as one of the best science fiction short stories published before the creation of the Nebula Awards. It was reprinted in ''The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929–1964''. Plot summary In a Tibetan lamasery, the monks seek to list all of the names of God. They believe the Universe was created for this purpose, and that once this naming is completed, God will bring the Universe to an end. Three centuries ago, the monks created an alphabet in which they calculated they could encode all the possible names of God, numbering about 9,000,000,000 ("nine billion") and each having no more than nine characters. Writing the names out by hand, as they had been doing, even after eliminating various nonsense combinations, would take another 15,000 years; the monks wish to use modern te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Derleth
August William Derleth (February 24, 1909 – July 4, 1971) was an American writer and anthologist. He was the first book publisher of the writings of H. P. Lovecraft. He made contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos and the Lovecraftian horror, cosmic horror genre and helped found Arkham House, a publishing company which did much to introduce hardcover prints of United Kingdom supernatural fiction works to the United States. Derleth was also a leading American American literary regionalism, regional writer of his day, as well as prolific in several other genres, including historical fiction, poetry, detective fiction, science fiction, and biography. Notably, he created the fictional detective Solar Pons, a pastiche of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. A 1938 Guggenheim Fellow, Derleth considered his most serious work to be the ambitious ''Sac Prairie Saga'', a series of fiction, historical fiction, poetry, and non-fiction naturalist works designed to memorialize life in the Wiscon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
