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The very, very short story "siseneG" was first published in the May 1984 issue of Analog. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most-influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

"Hate" was first published in the November 1961 issue of If. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a grand master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

"The Steam-Powered Word Processor" was first published in the January 1986 issue of Analog. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most-influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

"The Parasite" was first published in 1953 in The Avon SF & F Reader. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most-influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

"Cold War" was first published in the April 1957 issue of Satellite. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most-influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

Let There Be Light was first published in the Sept. 5, 1957 issue of the Dundee Sunday Telegraphy. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most-influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

Imagine if you will, Hitler or a person as evil as Hitler, who instead of crawling into his bunker and dying, goes into his bunker and into suspended animation to return thousands of years later, to meet an exiled human. The being is from a society that is so far advanced, it has done away with war and evil. Imagine also that this other exile can enter the minds of others and is appalled at what he finds in this evil creature. So appalled in fact that he must perform an act totally unknown in the peaceful society he came from.

"Critical Mass" was first published in the August 1957 issue of Space Science Fiction Magazine. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most-influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

"Trouble with the Natives" was first published in the February 1951 issue of Lilliput. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most-influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

"Inheritance" was first published in 1947 in issue three of New Worlds. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most-influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

"Improving the Neighbourhood" was first published in the Nov. 4, 1999 issue of Nature.

Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most-influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

Once every 10,000 years, the walls between worlds grow thin. The stars align and Hell is close. It is the time of The Sha'Daa. The mysterious Johnny The Salesman is up to his usual tricks, offering dark magic trades if one is brave enough to barter with him. Johnny's latest ally, the immortal tattoo artist Haumea, just might have the answer to saving the planet from destruction, if she can create enough supernatural tattoos at Mom's Bane tattoo parlor to turn the tide against evil.

This thirty-first issue of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned consists of five sharp, suspenseful, thought provoking short stories - each from a different featured master of speculative fiction. Tales from the Canyons of the Damned: No. 31 features "Fortune Cookies" by Hunter C. Eden; "That Time of Year" by D.K. Cassidy, "The Pairing Witch" by David Alan Jones, "Similar" by Holly Heisey, and "#Eddie_and_June" by Daniel Arthur Smith.

La Terre se meurt et les derniers représentants de l'espèce humaine prennent place à bord du Magellan pour un voyage de plusieurs centaines d'années. Au cours d'une escale sur une planète-océan colonisée longtemps auparavant par des vaisseaux-semeurs, l'équipage du Magellan rencontre des humains pour qui la Terre n'est déjà plus qu'un lointain souvenir, une légende.
Une fable bouleversante sur le destin de l'humanité par un des maîtres de la science-fiction, l'auteur de 2001 : "l'Odyssée de l'Espace".

Unfortunately, Arthur C. Clarke has very little in common with a ballpoint pen - a pity, since he spends so much of his time under water. Writing memorable novels might might be enough in itself for an ordinary man, but for Clarke these represent only interruptions in that dominating area of his life which was spent with goggles and aqualung, competing with fish and porpoises on their own premises. Still, let us be thankful for what fate gives us; for it is unlikely that anyone without at least a trace of dolphin blood could have delighted us with this story.

A walk in the dark. The dark, one of man's primal fears, becomes even more intense, on a lonely planet where the dark is deeper, and being alone in the unknown increases this primal fear a thousandfold.

"The Pacifist" was first published in the October 1956 issue of Fantastic Universe. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a grand master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

"Castaway" was first published in the April 1947 issue of Fantasy. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most-influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

Sur la Terre brillent désormais deux Soleils. Le réchauffement de la planète condamne les hommes à vivre dans quatre tours baptisées Afrique, Amérique, Asie et Pacifique, hautes de trente-six mille kilomètres, et qui s'élèvent jusqu'à l'orbite géostationnaire.

A 1950s supercomputer’s purpose is to help fight battles, but what happens when the pompous general in charge of the project chooses to berate the rather meek and mild "Nerd" Dr. Milquetoast, whose job it is to program the massive machine, is a classic case of getting even.