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The Other Side Of The Sky by Arthur C
Clarke check out website: www.orionbooks.co.uk
Unbelievably, all these tales were written before 1958 and even more inconceivably some of them were published in the Evening Standard!
These stories, although labelled Science Fiction, are about love, loss, greed and other emotions that we have finely honed through the years - did I mention lust? There are funny stories and poignant stories and all written before man stepped on the surface of the Moon. Realising how far we have come since they were written and how we seem to have come to a stop is very sad. We are now pushing the limits of our knowledge and for man to break past the boundaries of his Solar System would take a technological leap forward that defies our knowledge of known physics. All the more moving then, these tales are not what will be but what might have been. I loved every story and it would be hard to pick a favourite. The 'Venture to the Moon' series written for the Evening Standard is six stories about a joint venture by Russia, United Kingdom and USA to the Moon. This in itself was a great leap of imagination. Of these, I would pick out 'A Question of Residence' about a problem that we can all relate to. 'Refugee' is a hopeful tale about space flight from Britain and the effect it has on an heir to the throne who is unable to escape the attentions of the public. It presages our own unhealthy obsession with celebrity. 'All the Time in the World' is chilling in its simplicity and 'The Nine Billion Names of God' is a cautionary tale about too much knowledge that the Dalai Lama found 'very amusing'. A great read then or re-read. There is nothing negative I can say about this book. Read it and dream about the stars. Sue Davies
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OTHER REVIEWS - August 2003
Books Cities edited by Peter Crowther Language In Thought And Action by SI Hayakawa The Space Merchants by Frederick Pohl The Longest Way Home by Robert Silverberg The Light Ages by Ian R. Macleod Latro In The Mist by Gene Wolfe Righteous Blood by Cliff Burns The Other Side Of The Sky by Arthur C Clarke Looking For Mr Nobody by Sue Rann The Wood Wife by Terri Windling Kushiel’s Avatar by Jacqueline Carey Hidden Empire by Kevin J Anderson Infinity Plus Two edited by Keith Brooke and Keith Gevers T2 Book 3: The Future War by SM Stirling Cowboy Feng’s Space Bar And Grille by Steven Brust Videos and DVDs Crime Traveller Volume 1 and 2
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This
reissue of some of Arthur C. Clarke's most memorable stories comes
at a time when two space probes have been launched to conclusively
check for evidence of life on Mars.
Many
of you will have read these but there will be some youngsters out
there and some that will want to re-experience the stories of a
man made famous by a little film called '2001: A Space Odyssey'
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