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by Arthur C. Clarke originally published in 1991. The stories originally appeared in the periodicals ''

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Contents of ''More Than One Universe'' include: * " I Remember Babylon" * " Summertime on Icarus" * "Out of the Cradle, Endlessly Orbiting..." * "Who's There?" * "

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" * "An Ape about the House" * "Let There be Light" * " Death and the Senator" * "Trouble with Time" * " Before Eden" *
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" * "Refugee" * ''The Other Side of the Sky'' ** "Special Delivery" ** "Feathered Friends" ** "Take a Deep Breath" ** "Freedom of Space" ** "Passer-by" ** "The Call of the Stars" * "Security Check" * " No Morning After" * '' Venture to the Moon'' ** "The Starting Line" ** "Robin Hood, F.R.S." ** "Green Fingers" ** "All That Glitters" ** "Watch This Space" ** "A Question of Residence" * "All the Time in the World" * "Cosmic Casanova" * " The Star" * "

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" * "The Songs of Distant Earth" * " The Food of the Gods" * "Maelstrom II" * "The Shining Ones" * "

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" * " The Secret" * "The Last Command" * "Dial F for Frankenstein" * "Reunion" * "Playback" * "The Light of Darkness" * "The Longest Science-Fiction Story Ever Told" * "Herbert George Morley Roberts Wells, Esq." * "Love That Universe" * "Crusade" * " The Neutron Tide" * "Transit of Earth" * "

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 Cla ...

" * " When the Twerms Came" * "Quarantine" * "siseneG" * " Rescue Party" * " The Curse" * "Hide and Seek" * " The Possessed" * " Superiority" * "A Walk in the Dark" * "The Reluctant Orchid" * " Encounter at Dawn" * "

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References

External links

* {{Footer The Novels of Arthur C. Clarke 1991 short story collections Short story collections by Arthur C. Clarke Bantam Books books