Reach for Tomorrow
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| Author | Arthur C. Clarke |
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| Cover artist | Richard Powers[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction Short stories |
| Publisher | Ballantine Books |
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Publication date
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1956 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
| Pages | 166 pp |
Reach for Tomorrow (ISBN 0-345-32651-2) is a collection of short stories by science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke. The stories all originally appeared in a number of different publications.
Contents
This collection, originally published in 1956, 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 reviewer Floyd C. Gale described the collection as "an excellent cross-section of the art of one of science fiction's foremost exponents."[2] Anthony Boucher, 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."[3]
References
- ↑ http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?27470
- ↑ "Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf", Galaxy Science Fiction, September 1955, p.110
- ↑ "Recommended Reading," F&SF, July 1956, p.94.
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External links
- Reach for Tomorrow title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Open Library's entry for Reach for Tomorrow
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