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Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!: A Vision of the 20th Century As It Happened • nonfiction by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!: Collected Essays 1934-1998)
Contents (view Concise Listing)
- xv • Acknowledgements (Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!) • (1999) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- xvii • Preface (Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!) • (1999) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 3 • Introduction (Part I) • (1999) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 7 • Dunsany, Lord of Fantasy • (1944) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 13 • Rockets • (1944) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 17 • The Coming Age of Rocket Power • (1945) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 19 • Extraterrestrial Relays • (1945) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of Extra-Terrestrial Relays)
- 26 • The Moon and Mr. Farnsworth • (1999) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 30 • The Challenge of the Spaceship • (1946) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 44 • First Men in the Moon • (1947) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 48 • The Problem of Dr. Campbell • (1948) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 54 • The Lackeys of Wall Street • (1949) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 58 • Voyages to the Moon • (1949) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 63 • You're on the Glide Path, I Think • essay by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of You're on the Glide Path - I Think 1949)
- 72 • Morphological Astronomy • (1949) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 75 • The Conquest of Space • (1949) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 81 • Introduction (Part II) • (1999) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 82 • The Effect of Interplanetary Flight • (1950) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 84 • Space Travel in Fact and Fiction • (1951) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 99 • Review: Destination Moon • (1950) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 102 • Interplanetary Flight • (1950) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 105 • The Exploration of Space • (1951) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 108 • Review: When Worlds Collide • (1952) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 111 • Review: Man on the Moon • (1953) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 114 • Flying Saucers • (1953) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 119 • Review: Flying Saucers Have Landed • (1954) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 123 • Undersea Holiday • (1954) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of Submarine Playground)
- 132 • The Exploration of the Moon • (1954) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 136 • Eclipse • (1954) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 139 • Astronautical Fallacies • (1954) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 145 • The Star of Bethlehem • (1954) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 153 • Capricorn to Cancer • (1957) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 157 • Keeping House in Colombo • (1957) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 161 • The Reefcombers' Derby • (1957) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 165 • Rest Houses, Catamarans, and Sharks • (1957) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 168 • The First Wreck • (1957) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 173 • A Clear Run to the South Pole • (1962) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 180 • The Isle of Taprobane • (1964) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 183 • The Great Reef • (1964) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 189 • Winding Up • (1964) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 195 • Introduction (Part III) • (1999) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 196 • Failures of Nerve and Imagination • (1962) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 204 • We'll Never Conquer Space • (1962) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 210 • Rocket to the Renaissance • (1960) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 217 • The Obsolescence of Man • (1961) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 226 • Space and the Spirit of Man • (1961) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of Space Flight and the Spirit of Man)
- 231 • The Uses of the Moon • (1961) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 240 • The Playing Fields of Space • (1965) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 246 • Kalinga Prize Speech • (1962) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of Kalinga Award Speech)
- 251 • More Than Five Senses • (1972) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 259 • Son of Dr. Strangelove • (1972) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 264 • Possible, That's All! • (1968) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 268 • The Mind of the Machine • (1968) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 277 • God and Einstein • (1972) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 281 • Introduction (Part IV) • (1999) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 283 • Satellites and Saris • (1971) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 291 • Mars and the Mind of Man • (1973) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 296 • The Sea of Sinbad • (1972) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 305 • Willy and Chesley • (1977) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 310 • The Snows of Olympus • (1974) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 313 • Writing to Sell • (1977) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 321 • Introduction (Part V) • (1999) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 323 • The Steam-Powered Word Processor • (1986) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
- 329 • Afterword: "Maelstrom II" • (1988) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of An Afterword (Maelstrom))
- 333 • Mother Nature Got There First • (1990) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 337 • Message to Comsat, February 18, 1988 • (1992) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of Happy Birthday, COMSAT!)
- 339 • Graduation Address: International Space University • (1999) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 342 • Back to 2001 • (1990) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 348 • Coauthors and Other Nuisances • (1989) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of Afterword (Rama II))
- 353 • The Power of Compression • (1998) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of Words That Inspire)
- 355 • Live in the Fax Lane • (1999) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 358 • Credo • (1991) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 364 • The Colors of Infinity: Exploring the Fractal Universe • (1989) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 368 • Close Encounter with Cosmonauts • (1990) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 371 • The Century Syndrome • (1990) • short fiction by Arthur C. Clarke
- 374 • Who's Afraid of Leonard Woolf? • (1984) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 380 • My Four Feet on the Ground • (1978) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 385 • Introduction (Part VI) • (1999) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 387 • Marconi Symposium • (1999) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 389 • Introduction to Charlie Pellegrino's Unearthing Atlantis • (1991) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 392 • Tribute to Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988) • (1989) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 396 • Satyajit and Stanley • (1999) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 398 • Aspects of Science Fiction • (1999) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 406 • Save the Giant Squid! • (1992) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of Squid!)
- 410 • A Choice of Futures • (1992) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 416 • Gene Roddenberry • (1992) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 418 • Introduction to Jack Williamson's Beachhead • (1992) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 421 • Scenario for a Civilized Planet • (1992) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of What Is to Be Done)
- 428 • NASA Sutra: Eros in Orbit • (1992) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 434 • Minehead Made Me • (1992) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 436 • Good-bye, Isaac • (1992) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 438 • Encyclical • (1993) • short fiction by Arthur C. Clarke
- 440 • Letter from Sri Lanka • [Letters: Arthur C. Clarke] • (1999) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 448 • Message to Mars • (1994) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 450 • Preface: The War of the Worlds • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 456 • Preface: The First Men in the Moon • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 460 • The Joy of Maths • (1999) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 465 • Tribute to Robert Bloch • (1995) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 468 • Spaceguard • (1994) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 472 • Foreword: Encyclopedia of Frauds by James Randi • (1995) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 475 • Bucky • (1999) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 477 • Homage to Frank Paul • (1999) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 479 • Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds! • (1992) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 482 • The Birth of HAL • (1997) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 485 • The Coming of Cyberclysm • (1995) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 488 • Tribute to David Lasser • (1996) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 490 • Toilets of the Gods • (1999) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 492 • When Will the Real Space Age Begin? • (1996) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 496 • Review: Imagined Worlds by Freeman Dyson • (1997) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of Mind Stretch)
- 501 • Eyes on the Universe • (1997) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of Looking Up, Down the Barrel)
- 504 • Walter Alvarez and Gerrit L. Verschuur • (1997) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 509 • The Gay Warlords • (1999) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 512 • More Last Words on UFOs • (1997) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of Why ET Will Never Call Home)
- 515 • Carl Sagan • (1997) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of Space Sage)
- 519 • For Cherene, Tamara, and Melinda • (1992) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 525 • Science and Society • (1998) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of Presidents, Experts, and Asteroids)
- 529 • Is There Life After Television? • (1997) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 534 • The Twenty-First Century: A (Very) Brief History • [Asimov's Editorials] • (1999) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
- 541 • Sources (Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!: Collected Essays 1934-1998) • (1999) • essay by uncredited
- 547 • Index (Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!: Collected Essays 1934-1998) • (1999) • essay by uncredited
- 557 • About the Author (Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!) • (1999) • essay by uncredited
- 558 • About the Editor (Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!: A Vision of the 20th Century As It Happened) • (1999) • essay by uncredited
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