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Voices from the Sky

Author:
Arthur C. Clarke (author)
Language:
English
Original language:
English
Publisher:
Pocket Books
Categories:
Anthology, astronomy, essay and science
Publication year:
1980
ISBN:
0-671-82141-5
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Table of Contents:
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Preface 1

  • Space Flight and the Spirit of Man
  • The Uses of the Moon
  • To the Stars
  • Beyond Centaurus
  • The Light of Common Day
  • Ships for the Stars
  • Seas of Tomorrow
  • The Winds of Space
  • Time for the Stars
  • The Playing Fields of Space

Preface 2

  • A Short Pre-History of Comsats, or: How I Lost a Billion Dollars in My Spare Time
  • The Social Consequences of the Communications Satellites
  • Broadway and the Satellites
  • The World of the Communications Satellite

Preface 3

  • Kalinga Award Speech
  • Memoirs of an Armchair Astronaut (Retired)
  • Science and Spirituality
  • Class of '00
  • The Meddlers
  • The Lunatic Fringe
  • The Electronic Revolution
  • H. G. Wells and Science Fiction
  • "Dear Sir..."

Appendix

  • Extraterrestrial Relays

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