Title: Extra-Terrestrial Relays
Title Record # 1393755
Author: Arthur C. Clarke
Date: 1945-10-00
Type: ESSAY
Language: English
Current Tags: geosynchronous communications satellites (1) Add Tags
Author: Arthur C. Clarke
Date: 1945-10-00
Type: ESSAY
Language: English
Synopsis: Apparently the first appearance in print of the idea about communication satellites in geostationary orbits. Clarke later wistfully reflected how never patented it and once remarked, perhaps ironically, that the paper is "the most important thing I ever wrote".
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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Voices from the Sky: Previews of the Coming Space Age | 1965-09-00 | Arthur C. Clarke | Harper & Row | $3.95?$: US dollar |
viii+ 241 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
non-fic | |||
Voices from the Sky: Previews of the Coming Space Age | 1966-00-00 | Arthur C. Clarke | Gollancz | 25/?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). |
241 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
non-fic | |||
Voices from the Sky: Previews of the Coming Space Age | 1967-10-00 | Arthur C. Clarke | Pyramid Books | X-1686 | $0.60?$: US dollar |
205 | 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 | Martin Dall | |
Voices from the Sky | 1969-00-00 | Arthur C. Clarke | Mayflower | 0-583-11536-5 | 5/-?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). |
202 | 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 | McCall | |
Voices from the Sky | 1969-00-00 | Arthur C. Clarke | Mayflower | 0-583-11536-5 | 5/-?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). |
202 | 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 | McCall | |
Voices from the Sky: Previews of the Coming Space Age | 1971-01-00 | Arthur C. Clarke | Pyramid Books | T2396 | $0.75?$: US dollar |
207 | 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 | Ron Walotsky | |
Voices from the Sky | 1980-02-00 | Arthur C. Clarke | Pocket Books | 0-671-82141-5 | $2.50?$: US dollar |
240 | 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 | ||
Ascent to Orbit: A Scientific Autobiography | 1984-04-00 | Arthur C. Clarke | John Wiley & Sons | 0-471-87910-X | $19.95?$: US dollar |
viii+ 226 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
non-fic | ||
How the World Was One: Beyond the Global Village | 1992-06-00 | Arthur C. Clarke | Gollancz | 0-575-05226-0 | £15.99?£: UK pound |
289 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
non-fic | Steven Hunt | |
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 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
non-fic | ||
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. |
non-fic |