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{{Short description|1962 collection of science fiction short stories by Arthur C. Clarke}}
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'''''Tales of Ten Worlds''''' is a collection of short stories by [[science fiction]] writer [[Arthur C. Clarke|Arthur&nbsp;C. Clarke]]. The stories all originally appeared in a number of different publications.
'''''Tales of Ten Worlds''''' is a collection of [[science fiction]] short stories by British writer [[Arthur C. Clarke|Arthur&nbsp;C. Clarke]]. The stories all originally appeared in a number of different publications.


==Contents==
==Contents==
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* "[[Into the Comet]]"
* "[[Into the Comet]]"
* "An Ape about the House"
* "An Ape about the House"
* "Saturn Rising"
* "[[Saturn Rising]]"
* "Let There be Light"
* "[[Let There Be Light (Clarke short story)|Let There be Light]]"
* "[[Death and the Senator]]"
* "[[Death and the Senator]]"
* "Trouble With Time"
* "Trouble With Time"
* "Before Eden"
* "[[Before Eden]]"
* "[https://archive.org/stream/galaxymagazine-1958-09/Galaxy_1958_09#page/n71/mode/2up A Slight Case of Sunstroke]"
* "A Slight Case of Sunstroke"
* "[[Dog Star (short story)|Dog Star]]"
* "[[Dog Star (short story)|Dog Star]]"
* "The Road to the Sea"
* "The Road to the Sea"
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==Editions==
==Editions==
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|title= Storie di Terra e Spazio
|title= Storie di Terra e Spazio
|year=1988
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|publisher= [[Mondadori]]
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|edition= collana Urania n° 1039
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==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
*{{cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=[[Advent (publisher)|Advent]] | year=1974|isbn=0-911682-20-1 | page=102}}
*{{cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | author-link=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=[[Advent (publisher)|Advent]] | year=1974|isbn=0-911682-20-1 | page=102}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{isfdb title|38043}}
* {{isfdb title|38043}}
*{{Wayback|url=http://www.geocities.com/jcsherwood/ACClinks2.htm|title=Arthur C. Clarke links & image archive}}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/jcsherwood/ACClinks2.htm |title=Sir Arthur C. Clarke at MysteryVisits.com |accessdate=January 27, 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20011006184831/http://www.geocities.com/jcsherwood/ACClinks2.htm |archivedate=October 6, 2001}}


{{Footer The Novels of Arthur C. Clarke}}
{{Footer The Novels of Arthur C. Clarke}}

Latest revision as of 17:06, 9 February 2024

Tales of Ten Worlds
Cover of the first edition
AuthorArthur C. Clarke
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherHarcourt Brace
Publication date
1962
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages245 pp

Tales of Ten Worlds is a collection of science fiction short stories by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. The stories all originally appeared in a number of different publications.

Contents

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This collection, originally published in 1962, includes the following:

Reception

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Avram Davidson received the collection favorably, praising Clarke's stories saying "Few writers in the field handle science with such knowledge as to be so convincing, such deftness as never to place stumbling-blocks, and with such clarity of style as to appear to have none at all."[1]

Editions

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  • Arthur C. Clarke (1962). Tales of Ten Worlds. Harcourt Brace. pp. 245 pp.
  • Arthur C. Clarke (1988). Storie di Terra e Spazio (collana Urania n° 1039 ed.). Mondadori. ISBN 88-7819-669-X.

References

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  1. ^ "Books", F&SF, October 1963, p.22
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