Publication: The Nine Billion Names of God: The Best Short Stories of Arthur C. Clarke

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Publication: The Nine Billion Names of God: The Best Short Stories of Arthur C. ClarkePublication Record # 377054
Author: Arthur C. Clarke
Date: date unknown
ISBN: 0-451-11715-8 [978-0-451-11715-1]
Publisher: Signet / New American Library
Price:
$2.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
Pages: 240
Format:
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.
Type: COLLECTION
Notes:
- Undated 9th printing that states "First Signet Printing, June 1974 / 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16"
- The title is stated as The Nine Billion Names of God: The Best Short Stories of Arthur C. Clarke on both the front cover and title page while The Nine Billion Names of God is used on the spine.
- The catalog # "Signet•451•AE1715•$2.50" is on the front cover and the ISBN 0-451-11715-8 is on the spine.
- The cover artist is not credited nor is a signature visible.

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Collection Title: The Nine Billion Names of God • (1967) • collection by Arthur C. Clarke

Contents (view Concise Listing)

vi • Introduction (The Nine Billion Names of God) • (1967) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
7 • The Nine Billion Names of God • (1953) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
14 • I Remember Babylon • (1960) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
25 • Trouble with Time • (1960) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
31 • Rescue Party • (1946) • novelette by Arthur C. Clarke
56 • The Curse • (1946) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
59 • Summertime on Icarus • (1960) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
70 • Dog Star • (1962) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
76 • Hide and Seek • (1949) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
87 • Out of the Sun • (1958) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
94 • The Wall of Darkness • (1949) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
112 • No Morning After • (1954) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
118 • The Possessed • (1953) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
123 • Death and the Senator • (1961) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
143 • Who's There? • (1958) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
148 • Before Eden • (1961) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
159 • Superiority • (1951) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
170 • A Walk in the Dark • (1950) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
180 • The Call of the Stars • [The Other Side of the Sky] • (1957) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
184 • The Reluctant Orchid • [Tales from the White Hart] • (1956) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
193 • Encounter at Dawn • [A Space Odyssey] • (1953) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of Encounter in the Dawn)
204 • "If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth..." • (1951) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
209 • Patent Pending • [Tales from the White Hart] • (1954) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
219 • The Sentinel • [A Space Odyssey] • (1951) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
229 • Transience • (1949) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
235 • The Star • (1955) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke

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