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Title: The Obsolescence of Man

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Title: The Obsolescence of Man Title Record # 119008
Author: Arthur C. Clarke
Date: 1961-07-00
Type: ESSAY
Language: English
Note: First published in the magazine Playboy, July 1961 as "Machina Ex Deux".
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Translations
Year Language Title
1963Translated by Karl Mönch
German
Der Mensch wird überflüssig?Der Mensch wird ueberfluessig
1980Translated by Vojan Lukatela
Croatian
Zastara čovjeka?Zastara covjeka
Zastara chovjeka

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Profiles of the Future 1962-00-00 Arthur C. Clarke Gollancz  
21/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
223
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Profiles of the Future 1964-02-00 Arthur C. Clarke Bantam Books H2734
$0.60?$: US dollar
xv+
235
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
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Profiles of the Future 1964-02-00 Arthur C. Clarke Bantam Books H2734
C$0.60?C$: Canadian dollar
xv+
235
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
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Profiles of the Future 1973-00-00 Arthur C. Clarke Pan Books 0-330-23619-9
£0.40?£: UK pound
253
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
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Looking Ahead 1975-03-00 ed. Dick Allen, Lori Allen Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-551184-X
$5.50?$: US dollar
viii+
408
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
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Profiles of the Future 1979-00-00 Arthur C. Clarke Pan Books 0-330-23619-9
£0.80?£: UK pound
253
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
non-fic  
Profiles of the Future 1980-00-00 Arthur C. Clarke Pan Books 0-330-23619-9
£0.90?£: UK pound
253
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
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Profiles of the Future 1982-00-00 Arthur C. Clarke Gollancz 0-575-03210-3
£8.95?£: UK pound
255
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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Profiles of the Future 1983-09-09 Arthur C. Clarke Pan Books 0-330-28068-6
£1.95?£: UK pound
255
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
non-fic Michael Freeman Checkmark
Profiles of the Future 1984-00-00 Arthur C. Clarke Holt, Rinehart and Winston 0-03-069783-2
$15.95?$: US dollar
255
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
non-fic  
Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!: A Vision of the 20th Century As It Happened 1999-00-00 Arthur C. Clarke Voyager 0-00-224697-X
£19.99?£: UK pound
xviii+
558
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Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!: Collected Essays 1934-1998 1999-08-00 Arthur C. Clarke St. Martin's Press 0-312-19893-0
$35.00?$: US dollar
xvii+
558
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry Into the Limits of the Possible 1999-11-00 Arthur C. Clarke Gollancz 0-575-06790-X
£18.99?£: UK pound
ix+
211
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry Into the Limits of the Possible 2000-12-00 Arthur C. Clarke Indigo 0-575-40277-6
£7.99?£: UK pound
ix+
211
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
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Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry Into the Limits of the Possible 2000-12-00 Arthur C. Clarke Indigo 1-898801-21-5
£6.99?£: UK pound
ix+
211
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
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