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The Other Side of the Sky

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Author
  
Arthur C. Clarke

Country
  
United States

Publisher
  
Harcourt Brace

Cover artist
  
Edward Sorel

Language
  
English

Genre
  
Science fiction Short stories

For the Memoir by Farah Ahmedi, See The Other Side of the Sky: A Memoir

Contents

The Other Side of the Sky is a collection of short stories by science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke originally published in 1958. The stories all originally appeared in a number of different publications.

Contents

  • Bibliographical Note
  • "The Nine Billion Names of God"
  • "Refugee"
  • The Other Side of the Sky (vignettes):
  • "Special Delivery"
  • "Feathered Friends"
  • "Take a Deep Breath"
  • "Freedom of Space"
  • "Passer-by"
  • "The Call of the Stars"
  • "The Wall of Darkness"
  • "Security Check"
  • "No Morning After"
  • Venture to the Moon (vignettes):
  • "The Starting Line"
  • "Robin Hood, F.R.S."
  • "Green Fingers"
  • "All That Glitters"
  • "Watch This Space"
  • "A Question of Residence"
  • "Publicity Campaign"
  • "All the Time in the World"
  • "Cosmic Casanova"
  • "The Star"
  • "Out of the Sun"
  • "Transience"
  • "The Songs of Distant Earth"

    • Reception

    Floyd C. Gale wrote that the stories had "too many [trick endings] are more than enough", but that there were "several superlative items", citing the "Venture to the Moon" and "The Other Side of the Sky" story headings. Damon Knight, although dismissing the vignettes as "without exception remarkably trivial," reported that the other stories "include some of Clarke's best work."

    References

    The Other Side of the Sky Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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