Reach for Tomorrow
 First edition | |
| Author | Arthur C. Clarke |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Richard Powers[1] |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Ballantine Books |
Publication date | 1956 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 166 |
Reach for Tomorrow is a 1956 collection of science fiction short stories by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. All the stories originally appeared in a number of different publications.
Contents
[edit]This collection includes:
- "Preface"
- "Rescue Party"
- "A Walk in the Dark"
- "The Forgotten Enemy"
- "Technical Error"
- "The Parasite"
- "The Fires Within"
- "The Awakening"
- "Trouble With the Natives"
- "The Curse"
- "Time's Arrow"
- "Jupiter Five"
- "The Possessed"
Reception
[edit]Galaxy reviewer Floyd C. Gale described the collection as "an excellent cross-section of the art of one of science fiction's foremost exponents."[2] Anthony Boucher, however, characterized most of the shorter pieces as inferior work, excluded from Clarke's previous collection, but praised two (unspecified) novelettes as "uniquely authentic Clarke."[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Publication: Reach for Tomorrow".
- ^ "Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf", Galaxy Science Fiction, September 1955, p.110
- ^ "Recommended Reading," F&SF, July 1956, p.94.
Sources
[edit]- Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 102. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.
External links
[edit]- Reach for Tomorrow title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Open Library's entry for Reach for Tomorrow
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