More Than One Universe: The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke is a collection of science fiction

Science fiction

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 short stories

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 by Arthur C. Clarke

Arthur C. Clarke

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE, FRAS was a British science fiction author, inventor, and futurist, famous for his short stories and novels, among them 2001: A Space Odyssey, and as a host and commentator in the British television series Mysterious World. For many years, Robert A. Heinlein,...

 originally published in 1991.

The stories originally appeared in the periodicals Playboy

Playboy

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, Vogue

Vogue (magazine)

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, Dude, New Worlds

New Worlds (magazine)

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, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

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, Dundee Sunday Telegraph, Analog, Amazing Stories

Amazing Stories

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, Galaxy Science Fiction

Galaxy Science Fiction

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, Infinity Science Fiction, London Evening News

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, Startling Stories

Startling Stories

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, Venture Science Fiction Magazine

Venture Science Fiction Magazine

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, If

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, Boys' Life

Boys' Life

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, This Week, Bizarre! Mystery Magazine, Escapade, IASFM, Astounding, King's College Review, Dynamic Science Fiction, Thrilling Wonder Stories, Satellite, Argosy

Argosy (magazine)

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and Ten Story Fantasy as well as the anthologies Star Science Fiction Stories No.1 edited by Frederik Pohl

Frederik Pohl

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, Time to Come edited by August Derleth

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, Infinity #2 edited by Robert Hoskins and The Farthest Reaches, edited by Joseph Elder.

Contents

Contents of More Than One Universe include:

• "I Remember Babylon
  I Remember Babylon
  "I Remember Babylon" is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke. It was first published in 1959 and reprinted in the 1962 collection Tales of Ten Worlds.-Plot summary:...
  
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• "Summertime on Icarus
  Summertime on Icarus
  "Summertime on Icarus" is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1960. It was also published under the title "The Hottest Piece of Real Estate in the Solar System".-Plot summary:...
  
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• "Out of the Cradle, Endlessly Orbiting..."
• "Who's There?"
• "Hate"
• "Into the Comet
  Into the Comet
  "Into the Comet" is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke. It was originally published in Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1960. It is one of several stories by many science fiction authors in which problems are solved by reverting to 'primitive' technology...
  
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• "An Ape about the House"
• "Let There be Light"
• "Death and the Senator
  Death and the Senator
  "Death and the Senator" is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke. It was originally published in 1960 and has since been included in several collections of Clarke's writings.-Plot summary:...
  
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• "Trouble with Time"
• "Before Eden"
• "A Slight Case of Sunstroke"
• "Dog Star
  Dog Star (short story)
  "Dog Star" is a 1961 science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke about an astronomer and his dog, Laika. The story was also published under the title "Moondog".-Plot summary:...
  
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• "The Nine Billion Names of God
  The Nine Billion Names of God
  "The Nine Billion Names of God" is a 1953 science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke. The story was the winner of the retrospective Hugo Award for Best Short Story for the year 1954.-Plot summary:...
  
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• "Refugee"
• The Other Side of the Sky
  • "Special Delivery"
  • "Feathered Friends"
  • "Take a Deep Breath"
  • "Freedom of Space"
  • "Passer-by"
  • "The Call of the Stars"
• "Security Check"
• "No Morning After"
• Venture to the Moon
  Venture to the Moon
  Venture to the Moon is a group of six linked science fiction short stories by Arthur C. Clarke. It was originally published in Evening Standard in 1956. The stories describe the first manned mission to the Moon in 1975, as a joint American-Russian-British mission, and are narrated in first...
  
  
  • "The Starting Line"
  • "Robin Hood, F.R.S."
  • "Green Fingers"
  • "All That Glitters"
  • "Watch This Space"
  • "A Question of Residence"
• "All the Time in the World"
• "Cosmic Casanova"
• "The Star
  The Star (short story)
  "The Star" is a science fiction short story by English writer Arthur C. Clarke. It appeared in the science fiction magazine Infinity Science Fiction in 1955 and won the Hugo award in 1956. The story was also published as "Star of Bethlehem"...
  
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• "Out of the Sun"
• "Transience"
• "The Songs of Distant Earth"
• "The Food of the Gods
  The Food of the Gods (short story)
  "The Food of the Gods" is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1961. It was subsequently published as part of a short story collection The Wind from the Sun in 1972....
  
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• "Maelstrom II"
• "The Shining Ones"
• "The Wind from the Sun"
• "The Secret
  The Secret (short story)
  "The Secret" is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1963. It was first titled "The Secret of the Men on the Moon" when published in This Week magazine...
  
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• "The Last Command"
• "Dial F for Frankenstein"
• "Reunion"
• "Playback"
• "The Light of Darkness"
• "The Longest Science-Fiction Story Ever Told"
• "Herbert George Morley Roberts Wells, Esq."
• "Love That Universe"
• "Crusade"
• "The Neutron Tide
  Neutron Tide
  "Neutron Tide" is a short story written by Arthur C. Clarke. It is among his shortest pieces of writing, consisting solely of a 2-page, detailed description of a futuristic scenario in order to use a pun as a punch-line.-Plot summary:...
  
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• "Transit of Earth"
• "A Meeting with Medusa
  A Meeting with Medusa
  A Meeting with Medusa is a science fiction novella by Arthur C. Clarke. It was originally published in 1971 and has since been included in several collections of Clarke's writings.-Plot summary:...
  
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• "When the Twerms Came
  When the Twerms Came
  When the Twerms Came, is a short story by British author Arthur C. Clarke published in the May 1972 edition of Playboy magazine. It deals with an invasion of Earth one wet Tuesday afternoon by deadly Twerms and was published in book form in the The View from Serendip and More Than One Universe...
  
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• "Quarantine"
• "siseneG"
• "Rescue Party"
• "The Curse"
• "Hide and Seek"
• "The Possessed"
• "Superiority
  Superiority (short story)
  "Superiority" is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1951. It depicts an arms race, and shows how the side which is more technologically advanced can be defeated, despite its apparent superiority, because of its own organizational flaws and its willingness to...
  
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• "A Walk in the Dark"
• "The Reluctant Orchid"
• "Encounter at Dawn
  Encounter in the Dawn
  "Encounter in the Dawn" is a short story by Arthur C. Clarke published in 1953 in the magazine Amazing Stories. It was originally collected in the anthology Expedition to Earth, and, in one edition of the book, is titled "Expedition to Earth". In a later collection the title "Encounter at...
  
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• "Patent Pending"
• "The Sentinel
  The Sentinel (short story)
  "The Sentinel" is a short story by Arthur C. Clarke, which was expanded and modified into the novel and movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. Clarke expressed impatience with the common description of it as "the story on which 2001 is based." He was quoted as saying, it is like comparing "an acorn to...
  
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