Arthur C. Clarke: Arthur C. Clarke: The Collected Stories (Paperback, 2001, Orion Books, Orion Publishing Group Ltd., Victor Gollancz Ltd.)
trade paperback, 976 pages
English language
Published Oct. 11, 2001 by Orion Books, Orion Publishing Group Ltd., Victor Gollancz Ltd..
This is a collection of 114 stories written by Arthur C. Clarke. The UK version has a front cover with the title as "Arthur C. Clarke: The Collected Stories", and the USA version as "The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke", known by this name by both publishers. Many of the stories have a short introduction, which tells when and where the story was first published and the collection it was first collected in. They are arranged in mostly chronological order. The only missing story from this collection is called "When the Twerms Came" the story was published in book form in 'The View from Serendip' and 'More Than One Universe' collections.
A nice book I kept by my bed for quite some time to pick up when I wanted a short read.
When post-Earth Humans meet
This book wasn't what I expected, and it consistently defied typical storylines. What happens when the last Humans on Earth catch up with a colony of Humans started centuries before on a distant planet.
Not quite what you'd think, actually. The story was as relaxed as the colony we meet, and yet it drew me along to a fairly satisfying conclusion. Worth reading!
Every short story ever written by the man who invented the geosynchronous telecommunications satellite. Superb and complete. The White Hart stories are his masterpieces, and all of them are here. British, twentieth-century, forward-looking and refreshing.
