This definitive collection of Clarke's essays from 1934-1998 demonstrates that he not only anticipated many of the 20th century's greatest scientific innovations, but also helped to shape society's path. 16 pages of photos.

Acknowledgments

xv

Preface

xvii

Part I. The 1930s and 1940s: Rockets and Radar

Introduction

3

(4)

Dunsany, Lord of Fantasy

7

(6)

Rockets

13

(4)

The Coming Age of Rocket Power

17

(2)

Extraterrestrial Relays

19

(7)

The Moon and Mr. Farnsworth

26

(4)

The Challenge of the Spaceship

30

(14)

First Men in the Moon

44

(4)

The Problem of Dr. Campbell

48

(6)

The Lackeys of Wall Street

54

(4)

Voyages to the Moon

58

(5)

You're on the Glide Path, I Think

63

(9)

Morphological Astronomy

72

(3)

The Conquest of Space

75

(7)

Part II. The 1950s: Beneath the Seas of Ceylon

Introduction

81

(1)

The Effect of Interplanetary Flight

82

(2)

Space Travel in Fact and Fiction

84

(15)

Review: Destination Moon

99

(3)

Interplanetary Flight

102

(3)

The Exploration of Space

105

(3)

Review: When Worlds Collide

108

(3)

Review: Man on the Moon

111

(3)

Flying Saucers

114

(5)

Review: Flying Saucers Have Landed

119

(4)

Undersea Holiday

123

(9)

The Exploration of the Moon

132

(4)

Eclipse

136

(3)

Astronautical Fallacies

139

(6)

The Star of Bethlehem

145

(8)

Capricorn to Cancer

153

(4)

Keeping House in Colombo

157

(4)

The Reefcombers' Derby

161

(4)

Rest Houses, Catamarans, and Sharks

165

(3)

The First Wreck

168

(5)

A Clear Run to the South Pole

173

(7)

The Isle of Taprobane

180

(3)

The Great Reef

183

(6)

Winding Up

189

(7)

Part III. The 1960s: Kubrick and Cape Kennedy

Introduction

195

(1)

Failures of Nerve and Imagination

196

(8)

We'll Never Conquer Space

204

(6)

Rocket to the Renaissance

210

(7)

The Obsolescence of Man

217

(9)

Space and the Spirit of Man

226

(5)

The Uses of the Moon

231

(9)

The Playing Fields of Space

240

(6)

Kalinga Prize Speech

246

(5)

More Than Five Senses

251

(8)

Son of Dr. Strangelove

259

(5)

Possible, That's All!

264

(4)

The Mind of the Machine

268

(9)

God and Einstein

277

(6)

Part IV. The 1970s: Tomorrow's Worlds

Introduction

281

(2)

Satellites and Saris

283

(8)

Mars and the Mind of Man

291

(5)

The Sea of Sinbad

296

(9)

Willy and Chesley

305

(5)

The Snows of Olympus

310

(3)

Writing to Sell

313

(10)

Part V. The 1980s: Stay of Execution

Introduction

321

(2)

The Steam-Powered Word Processor

323

(6)

Afterword: ``Maelstrom II''

329

(4)

Mother Nature Got There First

333

(4)

Message to Comsat, February 18, 1988

337

(2)

Graduation Address: International Space University

339

(3)

Back to 2001

342

(6)

Coauthors and Other Nuisances

348

(5)

The Power of Compression

353

(2)

Life in the Fax Lane

355

(3)

Credo

358

(6)

The Colors of Infinity: Exploring the Fractal Universe

364

(4)

Close Encounter with Cosmonauts

368

(3)

The Century Syndrome

371

(3)

Who's Afraid of Leonard Woolf?

374

(6)

My Four Feet on the Ground

380

(7)

Part VI. The 1990s: Countdown to 2000

Introduction

385

(2)

Marconi Symposium

387

(2)

Introduction to Charlie Pellegrino's Unearthing Atlantis

389

(3)

Tribute to Robert A. Heinlein (1907--1988)

392

(4)

Satyajit and Stanley

396

(2)

Aspects of Science Fiction

398

(8)

Save the Giant Squid!

406

(4)

A Choice of Futures

410

(6)

Gene Roddenberry

416

(2)

Introduction to Jack Williamson's Beachhead

418

(3)

Scenario for a Civilized Planet

421

(7)

NASA Sutra: Eros in Orbit

428

(6)

Minehead Made Me

434

(2)

Good-bye, Isaac

436

(2)

Encyclical

438

(2)

Letter from Sri Lanka

440

(8)

Message to Mars

448

(2)

Preface: The War of the Worlds

450

(6)

Preface: The First Men in the Moon

456

(4)

The Joy of Maths

460

(5)

Tribute to Robert Bloch

465

(3)

Spaceguard

468

(4)

Foreword: Encyclopedia of Frauds

472

(3)

James Randi

Bucky

475

(2)

Homage to Frank Paul

477

(2)

Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!

479

(3)

The Birth of HAL

482

(3)

The Coming Cyberclysm

485

(3)

Tribute to David Lasser

488

(2)

Toilets of the Gods

490

(2)

When Will the Real Space Age Begin?

492

(4)

Review: Imagined Worlds

496

(5)

Freeman Dyson

Eyes on the Universe

501

(3)

Walter Alvarez and Gerrit L. Verschuur

504

(5)

The Gay Warlords

509

(3)

More Last Words on UFOs

512

(3)

Carl Sagan

515

(4)

For Cherene, Tamara, and Melinda

519

(6)

Part VII. Postscript: 2000 and Beyond

Science and Society

525

(4)

Is There Life After Television?

529

(5)

The Twenty-First Century: A (Very) Brief History

534

(7)

Sources

541

(6)

Index

547

(10)

About the Author

557

(1)

About the Editor

558

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