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Title: The Challenge of the Spaceship
Authors: Arthur C. Clarke
Year: 1980-06-00
ISBN-10: 0-671-82139-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-671-82139-5
Publisher: Pocket Books
Price: $2.50
Pages: 222
Binding: pb
Type: NONFICTION
Title Reference: The Challenge of the Spaceship
ISFDB Record Number: 292600
Notes: OCLC/WorldCat record: 6622134
The copyright page states: First Pocket Books printing June, 1980
full number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. LCCN: 59-8248
''Completely revised and updated by the author'' stated on the front cover, but it remains elusive when and to what degree was the book revised and updated. No internal evidence about any updates after the late 1950s.
The copyright page also states that all material was previously published in no fewer than seven magazines (listed). The essays are not copyrighted separately, but the latest year mentioned is 1959.
Bibliographic Comments: Add new Publication comment (THCHLLNGFT1980)

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9 • Introduction (The Challenge of the Spaceship) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
13 • The Challenge of the Spaceship • (1946) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
29 • Vacation in Vacuum • (1953) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
41 • Journey By Earthlight • (1959) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
54 • So You're Going to Mars? • (1953) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
66 • The Planets Are Not Enough • (1955) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
77 • Meteors • (1959) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
88 • The Star of the Magi • (1954) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of The Star of Bethlehem)
98 • Where's Everybody? • (1957) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
108 • The Sun • (1959) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
118 • What Can We Do About the Weather? • (1959) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
128 • Oh For the Wings • (1959) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
134 • Across the Sea of Stars • (1959) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
141 • Of Mind and Matter • (1958) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
150 • Which Way Is Up? • (1959) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
161 • Report on Planet Three • (1959) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
169 • Question Time • (1959) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
179 • Things in the Sky • (1959) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
192 • The Men on the Moon • (1958) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
203 • The Radio Universe • (1959) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
210 • Of Space and the Spirit • (1959) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
222 • Envoi • (1959) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke

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