The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

CLARKE, ARTHUR C(harles) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * +2001: A Space Odyssey/The City and the Stars/The Deep Range/A Fall of Moondust/Rendezvous with Rama (Octopus/Heinemann 0-905712-82-X, 1987 [Nov ’87], $11.98, 747pp, hc) Omnibus edition of the above titles. First U.S. edition. (Contents)
• * _2010: Odyssey Two (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-30306-7, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $3.95, 335pp, pb) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (Ballantine Del Rey 1982) sf novel. One of the 1983 top bestsellers (300,000 hardcover copies, 1.75 million first paperback printing). A worthy successor to 2001. Highly recommended. (CNB)
• * _2010: Odyssey Two (Quality Paperback Book Club/Del Rey no ISBN, 1985 [Oct ’85], no price given, 291pp, pb) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (Del Rey 1982) sf novel, sequel to 2001. Hardcover printing bound as a trade paperback; available only to club members. This and other QPB editions listed here may not all be ’85 publications, but were first seen in 1985.
• * _2010: Odyssey Two (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-30306-7, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $4.95, 335pp, pb) [Space Odyssey] Reissue (Del Rey 1982) sf novel, sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey; seventh printing.
• * _2010: Odyssey Two (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41397-0, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $10.00, 294pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (Del Rey 1982) SF novel. Includes a new foreword and “postscript” by Clarke, which differ slightly from those in the simultaneous reprint of 2061.
• * _2010: Odyssey Two (SFBC #15331, Mar ’97, $7.98, 244pp, hc, cover by Michael Whelan) [Space Odyssey] Reissue (Del Rey 1982) SF novel. This is similar to the 1982 Del Rey edition; it lacks a price and has a new SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _2010: Odyssey Two (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-05699-8, Nov ’97, £5.99, 297pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (Del Rey 1982) SF novel. Sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey.
• * *2061: Odyssey Three (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35173-8, Jan ’88 [Nov ’87], $17.95, 279pp, hc) [Space Odyssey] Sf novel, sequel to 2010: Odyssey Two.
• * *2061: Odyssey Three (Grafton 0-246-13323-6, Jan ’88, £10.95, 254pp, hc) [Space Odyssey] Sf novel. Theoretically simultaneous with US (Del Rey) edition.
• * _2061: Odyssey Three (SFBC #11829, Jul ’88, $4.98, 206pp, hc) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (Del Rey/Grafton 1988) sf novel, third in the “Odyssey” series.
• * _2061: Odyssey Three (Grafton 0-586-20319-2, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], £2.99, 302pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (Del Rey/Grafton 1988) sf novel. Volume 3 in the “Space Odyssey” series.
• * _2061: Odyssey Three (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35879-1, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $4.95, 270pp, pb) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (Del Rey/Grafton 1988) sf novel, third book in the “Space Odyssey” series.
• * _2061: Odyssey Three (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41398-9, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $10.00, 282pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (Del Rey; Grafton 1988) SF novel, third in the “Space Odyssey” series. Includes a new foreword and “postscript” by Clarke, which differ slightly from those in the simultaneous reprint of 2010.
• * _2061: Odyssey Three (SFBC #15332, Mar ’97, $7.98, 282pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) [Space Odyssey] Reissue (Del Rey; Grafton 1988) SF novel, third in the “Space Odyssey” series. This is similar to the 1987 Del Rey edition; it lacks a price and has a new SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _2061: Odyssey Three (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-20319-2, Nov ’97, £6.99, 302pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (Del Rey; Grafton 1988) SF novel. Third in the series.
• * *3001: The Final Odyssey (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31522-7, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $25.00, 263pp, hc) [Space Odyssey] SF novel. Fourth and (maybe) final book in the “Odyssey” series.
• * *3001: The Final Odyssey (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-246-12689-2, Mar ’97, £16.99, 273pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) [Space Odyssey] SF novel. Book four in a series. Simultaneous with the Del Rey edition.
• * _3001: The Final Odyssey (SFBC #15231, Apr ’97, $9.98, 197pp, hc) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (Del Rey 1997) SF novel. Fourth and final book in the “Odyssey” series. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _3001: The Final Odyssey (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-06624-1, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], £5.99, 273pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (Del Rey; Voyager 1997) SF novel. Book 4 in a series after the classic 2001, 2010 and 2061.
• * _3001: The Final Odyssey (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-42349-6, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], $6.99, 274pp, pb, cover by David Stevenson) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (Del Rey; Voyager 1997) SF novel. Fourth and (maybe) final book in the “Odyssey” series. An international mass market edition apparently appeared in November 1997.
• * _Against the Fall of Night and Beyond the Fall of Night (with Gregory Benford) (Gollancz 0-575-04765-8, Apr ’91, £13.99, 239pp, hc, cover by David Farren) [Against the Fall of Night] Reprint (Ace/Putnam 1990 as Beyond the Fall of Night) collection of Clarke’s classic short novel and a modern sequel by Greg Benford. (Contents) [First U.K. edition]
• * _Against the Fall of Night and Beyond the Fall of Night (with Gregory Benford) (Orbit 1-8572-3026-4, Jun ’92, £4.99, 326pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Against the Fall of Night] Reprint (Putnam 1990 as Beyond the Fall of Night) anthology of Clarke’s classic short novel and a modern sequel by Greg Benford.
• * *Ascent to Orbit: A Scientific Autobiography (The Technical Writings of Arthur C. Clarke) (John Wiley 0-471-87910-X, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $19.95, 226pp, hc) Non-fiction, collection of 25 essays and scientific papers. Listed for Clarke completists.
• * *Astounding Days (Gollancz 0-575-04446-2, May ’89 [Apr ’89], £12.95, 224pp, hc, cover by Gavin Harrison) A discussion of the first fifteen years of Astounding/Analog as seen by Clarke, plus every piece he has had published in the magazine that has not previously been collected (including letters). (Contents)
• * +Astounding Days (Bantam Spectra 0-553-34822-1, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $11.95, 288pp, tp, cover by Chris Consani) Non-fiction; biography. The first 15 years of Astounding/Analog as seen by Clarke, plus every piece of his (including letters) published in the magazine and not previously collected. First American edition (Gollancz 1989).
• * _Astounding Days (Gollancz 0-575-04774-7, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], £4.99, 224pp, tp, cover by Gavin Harrison) Reprint (Gollancz 1989) discussion of the first fifteen years of Astounding/Analog as seen by Clarke, including every uncollected piece (including letters) that he wrote for it.
• * *Beyond the Fall of Night (with Gregory Benford) (Ace/Putnam 0-399-13499-9, Jul ’90, $19.95, 298pp, hc, cover by Stock Imagery & Ron Russell) [Against the Fall of Night] Sf collection, Benford’s “sequel” to Clarke’s classic Against the Fall of Night plus the original (unchanged) short novel plus a new introduction by Clarke. (Contents)
• * _Beyond the Fall of Night (with Gregory Benford) (Ace 0-441-05612-1, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $4.95, 339pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Against the Fall of Night] Reprint (Ace/Putnam 1990) sf novel, Benford’s “sequel” to Clarke’s classic Against the Fall of Night plus the original (unchanged) short novel.
• * _Beyond the Fall of Night (with Gregory Benford) (Ace 0-441-05612-1, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $5.99, 339pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Against the Fall of Night] Reissue (Ace/Putnam 1990) SF “novel” patched together from Clarke’s short novel and Benford’s sequel. Fifth printing.
• * *By Space Possessed: Essays on the Exploration of Space (Gollancz 0-575-05596-0, Jul ’93, £16.99, 221pp, hc, cover by Peter Mennim) Collection of 25 essays and extracts from previous Clarke books, most of which are now out of print, selected and edited by John Burke. (Contents)
• * _Childhood’s End (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31558-8, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $2.95, 220pp, pb) [Impact] Reissue (Ballantine 1953) sf novel; 48th printing, with two million copies in print. One of the classics of sf. (CNB)
• * _Childhood’s End (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34795-1, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], $3.50, 218pp, pb) [Impact] Reissue (Ballantine 1953) sf novel; 55th printing. One of the classics of sf. Highly recommended. (CNB)
• * _Childhood’s End (Pan 0-330-31661-3, Dec ’90, £3.99, 200pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Impact] Reprint (Ballantine 1953) sf novel. This edition contains a new (2 page) first chapter and a new (4 page) introduction.
• * _Childhood’s End (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34795-1, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], $5.99, 18pp, pb, cover by David Stevenson) [Impact] Reissue (Ballantine 1953) classic SF novel. This repackaged edition has the same ISBN as an earlier edition listed in its 55th printing in 1987; the title page (which lists a different artist than the jacket) says seventh printing.
• * _The City and the Stars (Gollancz 0-575-03849-7, Sep ’86, £2.95, 255pp, pb) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1956) classic sf novel.
• * _The City and the Stars (NAL/Signet 0-451-14822-3, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $3.50, 256pp, pb) Reissue (Harcourt Brace 1956) sf novel, with a new introduction by the author.
• * _The City and the Stars (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28853-9, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.95, 253pp, pb, cover by Paul Swendsen) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1956) sf novel, including the original introduction and the one from the 1987 Signet edition. Expanded version of Against the Fall of Night (Gnome 1953), which is itself back in print as part of Beyond the Fall of Night.
• * _The City and the Stars (Gollancz 0-575-05675-4, Dec ’93, £4.99, 255pp, pb, cover by John Harris) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1956) classic sf novel.
• * _The City and the Stars (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60252-X, Feb ’98, £5.99, 255pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1956) classic SF novel. Includes a 1986 Introduction.
• * *Cradle (with Gentry Lee) (Gollancz 0-575-04164-1, Jul ’88, £11.95, 309pp, hc) Romantic thriller about a woman reporter who finds an alien spaceship crash-landed off Key West. Simultaneous with the American edition.
• * *Cradle (with Gentry Lee) (Warner 0-446-51379-2, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $18.95, 293pp, hc) Sf novel. A mysterious artifact is found off the Florida coast.
• * _Cradle (with Gentry Lee) (Warner 0-446-35601-8, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $4.95, 408pp, pb) Reprint (Warner/Gollancz 1988) near-future underwater sf adventure novel.
• * _Cradle (with Gentry Lee) (Orbit 0-7088-4318-2, Sep ’89, £6.99, 373pp, tp) Reprint (Warner/Gollancz 1988) sf novel.
• * _Cradle (with Gentry Lee) (Warner 0-446-35601-8, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $4.95, 408pp, pb) Reissue (Warner 1988) near-future underwater sf adventure novel; fifth printing.
• * _Cradle (with Gentry Lee) (Orbit 0-7088-8319-2, Sep ’90, £3.99, 374pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz/Warner 1988) sf novel.
• * _Cradle (with Gentry Lee) (Warner Aspect 0-446-35601-8, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], $5.99, 408pp, pb, cover by Jim Warren) Reissue (Gollancz; Warner 1988) SF novel. 10th printing.
• * _The Deep Range (NAL/Signet 0-451-14753-7, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $3.50, 254pp, pb) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1957) sf novel with a new introduction by the author; 11th printing.
• * _The Deep Range (Gollancz 0-575-04267-2, May ’88, £2.95, 224pp, pb) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1957) sf novel. This edition contains a new foreword by Clarke. Volume 23 in the “VGSF Classics” series.
• * _The Deep Range (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28925-X, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $4.95, 226pp, pb, cover by Paul Swendsen) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1957) sf novel. This includes the introduction by Clarke from the 1987 Signet edition.
• * _The Deep Range (Gollancz 0-575-05792-0, Jul ’94 [Aug ’94], £4.99, 224pp, pb, cover by Danny Flynn) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1957) sf novel. Includes the preface to the 1988 Gollancz edition.
• * _The Deep Range (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60291-0, Aug ’98 [Sep ’98], £5.99, 224pp, pb) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1957) SF novel of undersea life and farming. Includes a ‘Preface to the 1988 Edition’.
• * _Dolphin Island (Puffin 0-14-031920-4, Sep ’86, £1.75, 158pp, pb) Reprint (Holt Rinehart 1963) juvenile sf novel.
• * _Dolphin Island (Ace 0-441-15220-1, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $2.95, 188pp, pb) Reprint (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1963) young-adult sf novel.
• * _Earthlight (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-43070-0, Oct ’98, $10.00, 194pp, tp, cover by Heather Kern) Reprint (Ballantine 1955) classic SF novel.
• * _Expedition to Earth (Sidgwick & Jackson/NEL 0-283-98623-9, Jan ’87, £1.95, 175pp, pb) Reissue (Ballantine 1953) sf collection.
• * _Expedition to Earth (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-43073-5, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $10.00, 178pp, tp) Reprint (Ballantine 1953) collection. There is a new preface by Clarke.
• * _A Fall of Moondust (Gollancz 0-575-03978-7, Feb ’87, £3.50, 224pp, tp) Reprint (Harcourt, Brace & World 1961) sf novel. Volume 9 of the Gollancz Classic SF series.
• * _A Fall of Moondust (NAL/Signet 0-451-14717-0, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $3.50, 254pp, pb) Reissue (Harcourt Brace & World 1961) sf novel with a new introduction by the author. Tenth NAL printing.
• * _A Fall of Moondust (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28986-1, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $4.99, 231pp, pb, cover by Paul Swendsen) Reprint (Harcourt, Brace & World 1961) Hugo-nominated sf novel. This edition also contains the 1987 introduction.
• * _A Fall of Moondust (Gollancz 0-575-06003-4, Jul ’95, £5.99, 224pp, pb, cover by Danny Flynn) Reprint (Harcourt, Brace & World 1961) SF novel. This includes Clarke’s 1987 Preface.
• * _A Fall of Moondust (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60290-2, Jun ’98, £5.99, 224pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Harcourt, Brace and World 1961) SF novel of a buried lunar cruiser. Includes a 1987 preface by Clarke.
• * *The Fantastic Muse (Hilltop Press 0-905262-05-0, Jul ’92, £1.00, 9pp, ph) Collection of an article by Clarke on sf poetry and an sf poem, both reprinted from fanzines in the 1930’s. (Contents)
• * _The Fountains of Paradise (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31559-6, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $2.95, 305pp, pb) Reissue (Gollancz 1979) sf novel; 5th Del Rey printing, 500,000 copies available.
• * _The Fountains of Paradise (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34794-3, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $3.50, 303pp, pb) Reissue (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1979) sf novel, winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards. ninth Del Rey printing;
• * _The Fountains of Paradise (Easton Press no ISBN, Nov ’88, no price, 261pp, hc) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1979) award-winning sf novel. This leatherbound, gilt-edge edition is available only to members of the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series. There is a new introduction by George Zebrowski and illustrations by Bob Eggleton.
• * _The Fountains of Paradise (Gollancz 0-575-04590-6, Aug ’89, £3.50, 258pp, pb, cover by Terry Oakes) Reprint (Harcourt 1979) sf novel. This edition contains a new ‘addition to the afterword’, dated March 1989. Volume 34 in the “VGSF Classics” series.
• * _The Fountains of Paradise (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28819-9, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], $4.95, 284pp, pb, cover by Paul Swendsen) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1979) sf novel, a Hugo and Nebula winner.
• * _The Fountains of Paradise (Gollancz 0-575-04590-6, Dec ’92, £3.99, 258pp, pb, cover by Roy Virgo) Reissue (Gollancz 1979) sf novel.
• * _The Fountains of Paradise (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60153-1, Mar ’97, £4.99, 258pp, pb, cover by Roy Virgo) Reprint (Gollancz 1979) SF novel. Includes a 1989 “Addition to the Afterword”.
• * *The Garden of Rama (with Gentry Lee) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-07261-7, Sep ’91 [Jul ’91], $20.00, 441pp, hc, cover by Paul Swendsen) [Rama] Sf novel, third book of the “Rama” series, a direct sequel to Rama II.
• * *The Garden of Rama (with Gentry Lee) (Gollancz 0-575-05169-8, Sep ’91, £14.99, 398pp, hc, cover by John Brettoner) [Rama] Sf novel. Simultaneous with the U.S. (Bantam Spectra) edition. Volume 3 in the “Rama” series.
• * _The Garden of Rama (with Gentry Lee) (SFBC #14475, Oct ’91, $9.98, 441pp, hc, cover by Paul Swendsen) [Rama] Reprint (Bantam Spectra; Gollancz 1991) sf novel, third book of the “Rama” series. Similar to the 1991 Bantam Spectra edition except it lacks an ISBN and price. The SFBC number is on the back jacket.
• * _The Garden of Rama (with Gentry Lee) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29817-8, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $5.99, 518pp, pb, cover by Paul Swendsen) [Rama] Reprint (Bantam Spectra; Gollancz 1991) sf novel, third book of the “Rama” series.
• * _The Garden of Rama (with Gentry Lee) (Orbit 1-85723-020-5, Oct ’92, £8.99, 398pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) [Rama] Reprint (Bantam Spectra; Gollancz 1991) sf novel. Volume three in the “Rama” series.
• * _The Garden of Rama (with Gentry Lee) (Orbit 1-85723-021-3, Dec ’93, £5.99, 593pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Rama] Reprint (Bantam Spectra; Gollancz 1991) sf novel. Volume three in the “Rama” series. This is titled Garden of Rama on the cover.
• * *The Ghost from the Grand Banks (Gollancz 0-575-04906-5, Oct ’90 [Jul ’90], £12.95, 253pp, hc, cover by Tom Stimpson) Sf novel about two attempts to raise the Titanic.
• * +The Ghost from the Grand Banks (Bantam Spectra 0-553-07222-6, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $19.95, 274pp, hc, cover by Paul Swendsen) Near-future sf novel of a 2012 race to raise the Titanic. This is an exploration of a world that has changed drastically in 22 years. Clarke touches on fascinating questions of mathematics and philosophy, making this a rewarding experience. Recommended (SW). First American edition (Gollancz 1990).
• * _The Ghost from the Grand Banks (Orbit Overseas 0-7088-8357-5, 1991 [Sep ’91], £3.99, 253pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1990) sf novel about two attempts to raise the Titanic. This is an “Open Market” edition and is available only in non-English-speaking countries.
• * _The Ghost from the Grand Banks (SFBC #18072, Apr ’91, $9.98, 274pp, hc, cover by Paul Swendsen) Reprint (Gollancz 1990) sf novel.
• * _The Ghost from the Grand Banks (Orbit 0-7088-8361-3, Oct ’91, £7.99, 253pp, tp) Reprint (Gollancz 1990) sf novel.
• * _The Ghost from the Grand Banks (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29387-7, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $5.99, 274pp, pb, cover by Paul Swendsen) Reprint (Gollancz 1990) near-future sf novel of a 2012 race to raise the Titanic.
• * _The Ghost from the Grand Banks (Orbit 1-85723-070-1, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], £4.99, 253pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1990) sf novel.
• * _Glide Path (NAL/Signet 0-451-14866-5, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.50, 252pp, pb) Reissue (Harcourt Brace 1963), 9th NAL printing. Non-sf, associational, a novel of WWII and the first use of radar. New intro by Clarke.
• * _Glide Path (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29052-5, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $4.99, 234pp, pb, cover by Paul Swendsen) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1963) associational WWII novel about the first use of radar. This includes both the 1963 and 1987 prefaces by Clarke.
• * *The Hammer of God (Gollancz 0-575-05616-9, Jun ’93 [May ’93], £14.99, 205pp, hc, cover by Peter Mennim) Sf novel about an asteroid on collision course with the Earth, expanded from the short story of the same name. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition.
• * *The Hammer of God (Bantam Spectra 0-553-09557-9, Jul ’93 [Jun ’93], $19.95, 226pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) Sf novel set in the 22nd century about the attempt to prevent an asteroid from colliding with the Earth. Simultaneous with the British edition. Recommended. (CNB)
• * _The Hammer of God (Orbit 1-85723-229-1, Jun ’94 [May ’94], £7.99, 205pp, tp, cover by John Avon,(?)) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1993) sf novel.