The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

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

• * _The Hammer of God (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56871-X, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $5.99, 240pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1993) sf novel.
• * _The Hammer of God (Orbit 1-85723-194-5, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], £4.99, 264pp, pb, cover by John Avon) Reprint (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra 1993) SF novel set in the 22nd century about an attempt to stop an asteroid from striking the Earth.
• * +How the World Was One: Beyond the Global Village (Bantam Nonfiction 0-553-07440-7, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], $22.50, 295pp, hc, cover by Chris Alan Wilton) Associational history of the development of telecommunications. First American edition (Gollancz 1992).
• * *How the World Was One: Beyond the Global Village (Gollancz 0-575-05226-0, Jun ’92, £15.99, 289pp, hc, cover by Steven Hunt) Historical look at the development of transatlantic cables and satellite communications, based on the first 19 chapters of Voices Across the Sea (Harper 1958) and several other pieces, some previously uncollected. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam) edition. (Contents)
• * _How the World Was One: The Turbulent History of Global Communications (Gollancz 0-575-05546-4, Jul ’93, £6.99, 289pp, tp) Reprint (Gollancz 1992 as How the World Was One: Beyond the Global Village) historical look at the development of transatlantic cables and satellite communications, based in part on Voices Across the Sea (Harper 1958).
• * _Imperial Earth (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31561-8, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $2.95, 305pp, pb) Reissue (Harcourt 1976) sf novel; 8th printing, 700,000 copies in print. A slightly shorter version first appeared in England (Gollancz 1975).
• * _Imperial Earth (Gollancz 0-575-04316-4, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], £2.99, 287pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1975) sf novel. Volume 27 in the “VGSF Classics” series.
• * _Imperial Earth (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28877-6, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $4.95, 342pp, pb, cover by Paul Swendsen) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1976) sf novel set in 2276. A slightly shorter version first appeared in England (Gollancz 1975).
• * _Imperial Earth (Gollancz 0-575-04316-4, Feb ’92, £3.99, 287pp, pb, cover by Terry Pastor) Reissue (Gollancz 1975) sf novel. This is the shortened British version not the complete Harcourt (first American) edition.
• * _Imperial Earth (Vista 0-575-60158-2, Apr ’97 [Feb ’97], £4.99, 287pp, pb, cover by Terry Pastor) Reprint (Gollancz 1975) SF novel.
• * _Interplanetary Flight (Berkley 0-425-06448-4, Feb ’85 [Jan ’85], $2.95, 164pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1950) of Clarke’s first published book. Non-sf, associational. There’s a new introduction for this edition. This is an outdated semi-technical book which is being reprinted only because of Clarke’s name.
• * _Islands in the Sky (NAL/Signet 0-451-14895-9, Jul ’87, $3.50, 256pp, pb) Reissue (Winston 1952) young-adult sf novel, 15th printing; has a new introduction by Clarke.
• * _Islands in the Sky (Puffin 0-14-030535-1, Apr ’89, £2.25, 202pp, pb, cover by Peter Jones) Reissue (Winston 1952) young-adult sf novel.
• * _The Lion of Comarre & Against the Fall of Night (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-652517-8, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $9.95, 214pp, tp) Reprint (Harcourt Brace & World 1968) omnibus edition of 2 novels.
• * *More Than One Universe: The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29189-0, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $4.99, 554pp, pb, cover by Paul Swendsen) Near-omnibus of four collections: Tales of Ten Worlds (Harcourt, Brace & World 1962), The Other Side of the Sky (Harcourt, Brace 1958), The Nine Billion Names of God (Harcourt, Brace & World 1967), and The Wind from the Sun (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1972). Several stories have been dropped, and the order changed. The vignettes from the revised 1987 Signet edition of The Wind from the Sun have been added, but all introductory material has been deleted. (Contents)
• * _The Nine Billion Names of God (NAL/Signet 0-451-14755-3, Mar ’87, $3.50, 253pp, pb) Reissue (Harcourt Brace World 1967) collection with a new introduction by the author; 11th Signet printing.
• * *The Odyssey File (with Peter Hyams) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32108-1, Jan ’85 [Dec ’84], $3.95, 133pp, pb) Non-fiction, associational, a record of the computer communications between the author and the director for 2010. Illustrated with color stills from the film.
• * _Of Time and Stars (Gollancz 0-575-03315-0, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], £5.95, 190pp, hc) Reissue (Gollancz 1972) of the one Clarke collection which has never appeared in a U.S. edition. This one drops the J.B. Priestly introduction but adds a new foreword by Clarke and an updated bibliography. All 18 stories have appeared in other collections.
• * _Of Time and Stars (Puffin 0-14-030703-6, Aug ’88, £1.99, 205pp, pb) Reissue (Gollancz 1972) sf collection.
• * _Of Time and Stars (Penguin 0-14-005750-1, Mar ’90, £3.99, 205pp, tp, cover by Alan Craddock) Reprint (Gollancz 1972) young-adult sf collection.
• * _Of Time and Stars (Roc UK 0-14-015245-8, Jun ’93, £4.99, 205pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) Reprint (Gollancz 1972) sf collection.
• * _The Other Side of the Sky (NAL/Signet 0-451-14018-4, Dec ’85 [Nov ’85], $2.95, 256pp, pb) Reissue (Harcourt Brace 1958) collection. Twelfth printing.
• * _The Other Side of the Sky (Gollancz 0-575-03988-4, May ’87, £2.95, 245pp, pb) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1958) sf collection. Contains a new introduction by Clarke.
• * _The Other Side of the Sky (NAL/Signet 0-451-14937-8, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $4.50, 254pp, pb) Reissue (Harcourt Brace 1958) collection, 13th printing.
• * _The Other Side of the Sky (Gollancz 0-575-03988-4, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], £3.99, 245pp, pb, cover by Tony Roberts) Reprint (Harcourt Brace World 1958) sf collection. Fourth printing.
• * *Profiles of the Future (Holt Rinehart & Winston 0-03-069783-2, Apr ’84 [Mar ’84], $15.95, 255pp, hc) Non-fiction, associational. This is a revised version of a 1963 collection of articles not so much predicting the future as outlining the possibilities. As with most of Clarke’s work, it is technologically oriented, with a touch of mysticism. Fascinating reading and a primer for sf authors. (CNB)
• * _Profiles of the Future (Warner 0-446-32107-9, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], $3.50, 282pp, pb) Reprint (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1984); non-fiction, associational. A revised version of a 1963 collection of future possibilities. A primer for sf authors. Recommended. (CNB)
• * _The Promise of Space (Berkley 0-425-07565-6, Jan ’85 [Dec ’84], $3.50, 316pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1968). Non-fiction, associational.
• * *Rama II (with Gentry Lee) (Gollancz 0-575-04545-0, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], £12.95, 377pp, hc, cover by Perfection Art) [Rama] Sf novel in which astronauts visit the second Rama spaceship. Despite some fascinating ideas, it raises more questions than it answers. An afterword by Clarke indicates that there will be at least two more volumes in the series. Simultaneous with U.S. edition.
• * *Rama II (with Gentry Lee) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-05714-6, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], $18.95, 420pp, hc, cover by Paul Swendsen) [Rama] Sf novel, sequel to Clarke’s classic Awards winner Rendezvous with Rama. Simultaneous with U.K. edition (Gollancz 1989).
• * _Rama II (with Gentry Lee) (SFBC #15741, Mar ’90 [Jan ’90], $8.98, 406pp, hc, cover by Paul Swendsen) [Rama] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1989) sf novel, sequel to Rendezvous with Rama.
• * _Rama II (with Gentry Lee) (Orbit 0-7088-4833-8, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], £6.99, 495pp, tp) [Rama] Reprint (Gollancz/Bantam Spectra 1989) sf novel. Volume 2 in the “Rama” series.
• * _Rama II (with Gentry Lee) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28658-7, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $5.95, 466pp, pb, cover by Paul Swendsen) [Rama] Reprint (Gollancz/Bantam 1989) sf novel, sequel to Rendezvous with Rama).
• * _Rama II (with Gentry Lee) (Orbit 0-7088-4826-5, Aug ’91, £4.99, 495pp, pb) [Rama] Reprint (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra 1989) sf novel.
• * *Rama Revealed (with Gentry Lee) (Gollancz 0-575-05577-4, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], £15.99, 477pp, hc, cover by Bob Corley) [Rama] Sf novel, fourth and last in the “Rama” series, in which the purpose behind the Rama spaceships is revealed.
• * +Rama Revealed (with Gentry Lee) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-09536-6, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $22.95, 466pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) [Rama] Sf novel, fourth and final book of the “Rama” series. First American edition (Gollancz 1993).
• * _Rama Revealed (with Gentry Lee) (SFBC #02857, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $10.98, 466pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) [Rama] Reprint (Gollancz 1993) sf novel, fourth and final book of the “Rama” series. Similar to the 1994 Bantam Spectra edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Rama Revealed (with Gentry Lee) (Orbit 1-85723-234-8, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], £9.99, 479pp, tp, cover by Bob Corley) [Rama] Reprint (Gollancz 1993) SF novel. Fourth and last of the series which began with Clarke’s solo Rendezvous with Rama.
• * _Rama Revealed (with Gentry Lee) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56947-3, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $5.99, 602pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Rama] Reprint (Gollancz 1993) SF novel, fourth and final in the “Rama” series.
• * _Rama Revealed (with Gentry Lee) (Orbit 1-85723-252-6, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], £5.99, 635pp, pb, cover by Bob Corley) [Rama] Reprint (Gollancz 1993) SF novel. Fourth and last of the ‘Rama’ series which began with Clarke’s award-winning Rendezvous with Rama.
• * _Reach for Tomorrow (Gollancz 0-575-04609-0, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], £2.99, 166pp, pb, cover by Rolf Mohr) Reprint (Ballantine 1956) sf collection. This edition contains a new introduction by Clarke.
• * _Reach for Tomorrow (Vista 0-575-60046-2, Sep ’96 [Oct ’96], £4.99, x+166pp, pb, cover by Rolf Mohr) Reprint (Ballantine 1956) SF collection of 12 stories, plus a Preface, and the 1989 Introduction.
• * _Reach for Tomorrow (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-43071-9, Oct ’98, $10.00, 188pp, tp, cover by Heather Kern) Reprint (Ballantine 1956) collection.
• * _Rendezvous with Rama (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31560-X, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $2.95, 274pp, pb) [Rama] Reissue (Gollancz 1973) sf novel; 14th printing, one million copies now in print. This is Clarke at his finest, and is one of my two personal favorites of his. Highly recommended. (CNB)
• * _Rendezvous with Rama (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35056-1, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], $3.50, 274pp, pb) [Rama] Reissue (Gollancz 1973) sf novel, winner of both the Hugo and Nebula; 20th printing.
• * _Rendezvous with Rama (Gollancz 0-575-04195-1, Feb ’88, £2.95, 256pp, pb) [Rama] Reprint (Gollancz 1973) sf novel. Volume 21 in the “VGSF Classics” series.
• * _Rendezvous with Rama (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35056-1, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $3.50, 274pp, pb) [Rama] Reissue (Gollancz 1973) sf novel, winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards. 20th Del Rey printing [dated 1/88]; over 2,000,000 in print.
• * _Rendezvous with Rama (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28789-3, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $4.95, 243pp, pb, cover by Paul Swendsen) [Rama] Reprint (Gollancz 1973) sf novel, winner of both the Hugo and the Nebula. Highly recommended (CNB).
• * _Rendezvous with Rama (Orbit 0-7088-4945-8, Feb ’91, £3.99, 252pp, pb) [Rama] Reprint (Gollancz 1973) sf novel. Volume 1 in the “Rama” series.
• * _Rendezvous with Rama (Easton Press no ISBN, Aug ’93, no price, 303pp, hc) [Rama] Reprint (Gollancz 1973) classic award-winning sf novel, with an introduction by George Zebrowski and artwork by Bob Eggleton. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _Report on Planet Three and Other Speculations (Berkley 0-425-07592-3, Mar ’85 [Feb ’85], $3.50, 245pp, pb) Reprint (Harper 1972). Non-fiction, associational. Essays on possible futures.
• * _Richter 10 (with Mike McQuay) (Vista 0-575-60110-8, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], £5.99, 446pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra 1996) SF novel about earthquake prediction written by the late Mike McQuay from a treatment by Clarke, who contributes a Foreword.
• * _Richter 10 (with Mike McQuay) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57333-0, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $6.99, 407pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra 1996) near-future SF thriller about earthquake prediction. Written by McQuay from a short treatment by Clarke.
• * *Richter Ten (with Mike McQuay) (Gollancz 0-575-06116-2, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], £15.99, 341pp, hc) SF novel about a seismologist who predicts the ultimate earthquake, and the groups who utilise the knowledge for their own ends. The late Mike McQuay wrote the novel from a movie treatment by Clarke.
• * +Richter Ten (with Mike McQuay) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-09708-3, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], $22.95, 373pp, hc) Near-future SF thriller about earthquake prediction. Written by McQuay from a Clarke 1,000-word outline. First US edition (Gollancz 1996),
• * _The Sands of Mars (NAL/Signet 0-451-14790-1, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $3.50, 246pp, pb) Reissue (Sidgwick & Jackson 1951) sf novel with the 1967 introduction by the author; 10th Signet printing. Clarke’s 35-year-old vision of Mars is still evocative, mostly undated, and a classic. Highly recommended. (CNB)
• * _The Sands of Mars (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29095-9, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $4.99, 229pp, pb, cover by Paul Swendsen) Reprint (Sidgwick & Jackson 1951) sf novel. Included in the unpaginated excerpts following the text is the complete Clarke short story “The Nine Billion Names of God”.
• * _The Sentinel (Berkley 0-425-06575-8, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $50.00, 303pp, hc) Reprint — the Berkley trade paperback of this collection came out in October 1983. This hardcover edition is boxed, with gold endpapers, but has no dustjacket. It’s limited to 500 signed, numbered copies.
• * _The Sentinel (SFBC #3289, Apr ’84 [Mar ’84], $3.98, 203pp, hc) Reprint (Berkley 1983) collection.
• * _The Sentinel (Granada 0-586-06343-9, 1985, £2.95, 299pp, tp) Reprint (Berkley 1983) sf collection. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Sentinel (Granada 0-586-06343-9, 1985, £2.95, 299pp, tp) Reprint (Berkley 1983) sf collection. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Sentinel (Berkley 0-425-09389-1, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $3.50, 260pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley 1983) collection, illustrated by Lebbeus Woods. First mass-market paperback.
• * _The Sentinel (Grafton 0-586-21204-3, Sep ’91, £3.99, 319pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Berkley 1983) sf collection. This edition omits the interior illustrations from the previous editions.
• * _The Sentinel (Barnes & Noble 0-7607-0178-4, 1996 [Apr ’96], $5.98, 303pp, hc, cover by Lebbeus Woods) Reprint (Berkley 1983) SF collection, illustrated by Lebbeus Woods.
• * +The Snows of Olympus (Norton 0-393-03911-0, Oct ’95, $25.00, 120pp, hc, cover by David A. Hardy) Associational collection of essays and illustrations about colonizing Mars. First US edition (Gollancz 1994).
• * *The Snows of Olympus: A Garden on Mars (Gollancz 0-575-05652-5, Nov ’94, £18.99, 120pp, hc, cover by David A. Hardy) Non-fiction, associational. An illustrated account of how Mars could be made habitable.
• * _The Snows of Olympus: A Garden on Mars (Gollancz 0-575-06322-X, Aug ’96, £12.99, 120pp, tp, cover by John Hinkley) Reprint (Gollancz 1994) account of how Mars could be made habitable.
• * _The Songs of Distant Earth (Grafton Overseas 0-586-06623-3, 1986 [Apr ’87], £2.50, 238pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1986) sf novel. Special “open market” edition.
• * *The Songs of Distant Earth (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33525-2, May ’86 [Apr ’86], $75.00, 256pp, hc) Limited signed edition of 500 copies of Clarke’s new sf novel, in a boxed edition issued without dust jacket. O.p. on publication.
• * *The Songs of Distant Earth (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33219-9, May ’86 [Apr ’86], $17.95, 256pp, hc) Trade edition. Sf novel of Earthmen coming to a utopian planet.
• * _The Songs of Distant Earth (Grafton 0-246-12688-4, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £9.95, 182pp, hc) Reprint (Del Rey 1986) sf novel.
• * _The Songs of Distant Earth (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33908-8, Oct ’86, $3.95, 379pp, pb) International edition. Reprint (Del Rey 1986) sf novel of Earthmen coming to a utopian planet.
• * _The Songs of Distant Earth (SFBC #05769, Nov ’86 [Dec ’86], $4.98, 241pp, hc) Reprint (Del Rey 1986) sf novel.
• * _The Songs of Distant Earth (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32240-1, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $4.95, 319pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1986) sf novel.
• * _The Songs of Distant Earth (Grafton 0-586-06623-3, Aug ’87, £2.50, 238pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1986) sf novel.
• * _The Songs of Distant Earth (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-06623-3, Nov ’98, £5.99, 238pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1986) SF novel.
• * *Tales from Planet Earth (Legend 0-7126-3480-0, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], £12.95, 313pp, hc) Collection of 16 short stories (2 previously uncollected) with new introductions by Clarke to most of them. (Contents)
• * +Tales from Planet Earth (Bantam Spectra 0-553-34883-3, Jun ’90 [Apr ’90], $9.95, 307pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) Collection of 14 stories, each illustrated by Michael Whelan. First American edition (Legend 1990). This edition drops three stories and adds one story and a preface compared to the Legend edition. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications. (Contents)
• * _Tales from Planet Earth (Legend 0-09-969080-2, Jul ’90, £3.99, 313pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) Reprint (Legend 1990) sf collection.
• * _Tales from Planet Earth (SFBC #17646, Dec ’90, $5.98, 307pp, hc, cover by Michael Whelan) Reprint (Legend 1990) collection of 14 stories, illustrated by Michael Whelan. The selections are identical to the Bantam Spectra edition (1990).
• * _Tales from the White Hart (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-43072-7, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $10.00, 173pp, tp, cover by Min Choi) [Harry Purvis (White Hart)] Reprint (Ballantine 1957) collection.
• * _Tales of Ten Worlds (NAL/Signet 0-451-14978-5, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $3.50, 252pp, pb) Reissue (Harcourt Brace & World 1962) collection, with a new introduction by Clarke. 11th printing.
• * _Tales of Ten Worlds (Gollancz 0-575-04713-5, Jun ’90, £3.99, 245pp, pb, cover by Tony Roberts) Reprint (Harcourt, Brace & World 1962) sf collection.
• * _Tales of Ten Worlds (Gollancz 0-575-06124-3, Aug ’95 [Sep ’95], £4.99, 245pp, pb, cover by Tony Roberts) Reprint (Harcourt, Brace & World 1962) SF collection of 15 stories.
• * _Tales of Ten Worlds (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60251-1, May ’98, £5.99, 245pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Harcourt, Brace and World 1962) SF collection.
• * *2001: A Space Odyssey (Legend 0-09-979800-X, Jul ’90, £3.99, 266pp, pb, cover by Peter Andrew Jones) [Space Odyssey] Collection of the classic sf novel plus two related short stories, together with a new introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. (Contents)
• * _The View from Serendip (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31441-7, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $2.95, 245pp, pb) Reissue (Random House 1978). Non-fiction, collection of autobiographical essays.
• * *The Wind from the Sun (NAL/Signet 0-451-14754-5, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $3.50, 244pp, pb) A slightly revised edition (3 new vignettes plus a new introduction) of the earlier collection (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1972). Even NAL doesn’t really consider it a new book, and lists it as the 9th printing of the earlier work. Nevertheless, Clarke completists should note the three new “stories." (Contents)
• * _The Wind from the Sun (Gollancz 0-575-04842-5, Sep ’90, £3.50, 193pp, pb, cover by Terry Pastor) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1972) sf collection. Note that this edition does NOT contain the three stories added to the 1987 Signet edition.
• * _The Wind from the Sun (Vista 0-575-60052-7, Sep ’96 [Oct ’96], £4.99, viii+193pp, pb, cover by Rolf Mohr) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1972) SF collection of 18 stories and a Preface.

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• * _Arthur C. Clarke’s July 20, 2019 (Grafton 0-246-12980-8, Apr ’87, £14.95, 282pp, hc) Reprint (Macmillan 1986) non-fiction of associational interest. A look at a day in the life of the 21st Century. Clarke contributes an Introduction and Afterword and did some editing, the remainder is by assorted Omni editors. [First U.K. edition]