The Other Side of the Sky
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For the Memoir by Farah Ahmedi, See The Other Side of the Sky: A Memoir
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Cover of the first edition
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Author | Arthur C. Clarke |
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Cover artist | Edward Sorel[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Science fiction Short stories |
Publisher | Harcourt Brace |
Publication date
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1958 |
Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
Pages | 245 pp |
ISBN | 0-451-14937-8 |
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.[2] Damon Knight, although dismissing the vignettes as "without exception remarkably trivial," reported that the other stories "include some of Clarke's best work."[3]
References
- ↑ http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?44948
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External links
- The Other Side of the Sky title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database