Notes
From Arthur C. Clarke's Preface to Reach for Tomorrow: "Rescue Party, which was written in 1945, was my first published story .... Readers of my earlier collection, Expedition to Earth, may just conceivably be interested in knowing that History Lesson and Rescue Party both stemmed from the same forgotten original, though now it would be difficult to find two more contrasting endings."
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Publications (107)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1946 | Astounding Science Fiction, May 1946 | Street & Smith Publications, Inc. | MAGAZINE | 36 |
| September 1946 | Astounding Science Fiction, September 1946 | Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd | MAGAZINE | 18 |
| March 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction | Crown Publishers | Anthology | 496 |
| November 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction | Crown Publishers | Anthology | 496 |
| March 1951 | A Treasury of Science Fiction | Crown Publishers | Anthology | 496 |
| January 1952 | Beyond the End of Time | Permabooks | Anthology | 325 |
| March 1956 | Reach for Tomorrow | Ballantine Books | Collection | 1 |
| March 1956 | Reach for Tomorrow | Ballantine Books | Collection | 1 |
| October 1956 | The End of the World | Ace Books | Anthology | 87 |
| July 1957 | A Treasury of Science Fiction | Berkley Books | Anthology | 5 |
| December 1957 | Reach for Tomorrow | Ballantine Books | Collection | 1 |
| January 1958 | A Treasury of Science Fiction | Berkley Books | Anthology | 5 |
| 1959 | Across the Sea of Stars | Harcourt, Brace & Company | Omnibus | 149 |
| 1959 | Across the Sea of Stars | Longmans (Canada) | Omnibus | |
| June 1959 | Great Tales of Action and Adventure | Dell | Anthology | 171 |
| November 1959 | Across the Sea of Stars | Harcourt, Brace & World / SFBC | Omnibus | 149 |
| 1962 | Reach for Tomorrow | Gollancz | Collection | 1 |
| December 1963 | Reach for Tomorrow | Ballantine Books | Collection | 1 |
| January 1965 | A Treasury of Science Fiction | Berkley Medallion | Anthology | 7 |
| 1967 | The Nine Billion Names of God | Harcourt, Brace & World | Collection | 32 |
| April 1967 | Great Tales of Action and Adventure | Dell Laurel-Leaf | Anthology | 171 |
| December 1967 | Across the Sea of Stars | Harcourt Brace | Omnibus | 149 |
| March 1969 | Reach for Tomorrow | Ballantine Books | Collection | 1 |
| August 1969 | Reach for Tomorrow | Ballantine Books | Collection | 1 |
| 1970 | Reach for Tomorrow | Harcourt, Brace & World | Collection | 3 |
| March 1970 | Reach for Tomorrow | Ballantine Books | Collection | 1 |
| August 1970 | Reach for Tomorrow | Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers | Collection | 11 |
| March 1971 | Reach for Tomorrow | Ballantine Books | Collection | 1 |
| September 1971 | Reach for Tomorrow | Ballantine Books | Collection | 1 |
| June 1972 | Reach for Tomorrow | Ballantine Books | Collection | 1 |
| October 1972 | Alpha Three | Ballantine Books | Anthology | 251 |
| October 1972 | Alpha Three | Ballantine Books | Anthology | 251 |
| March 1973 | Reach for Tomorrow | Ballantine Books | Collection | 1 |
| November 1973 | Reach for Tomorrow | Ballantine Books | Collection | 1 |
| 1974 | Reach for Tomorrow | Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers | Collection | 11 |
| January 1974 | Reach for Tomorrow | Ballantine Books | Collection | 1 |
| February 1974 | Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow ... | Holt, Rinehart and Winston | Anthology | 137 |
| June 1974 | The Nine Billion Names of God | Signet / New American Library | Collection | 31 |
| June 1974 | The Nine Billion Names of God | Signet / New American Library of Canada | Collection | 31 |
| December 1975 | Reach for Tomorrow | Ballantine Books | Collection | 1 |
| 1976 | Reach for Tomorrow | Corgi | Collection | 11 |
| 1976 | Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow ... | Holt, Rinehart and Winston | Anthology | 137 |
| September 1976 | Reach for Tomorrow | Ballantine Books | Collection | 1 |
| August 1977 | Reach for Tomorrow | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 1 |
| November 1977 | Great Tales of Action and Adventure | Dell | Anthology | 171 |
| 1979 | The Nine Billion Names of God | Signet / New American Library | Collection | 31 |
| 1980 | Across the Sea of Stars | Books on Tape | Collection | |15 |
| March 1980 | A Treasury of Science Fiction | Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers | Anthology | 496 |
| April 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction | Priam Books / Arbor House | Anthology | 33 |
| April 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction | Arbor House | Anthology | 33 |
| August 1980 | Reach for Tomorrow | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 1 |
| September 1980 | The Nine Billion Names of God | Signet / New American Library | Collection | 31 |
| November 1982 | The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 8, 1946 | DAW Books | Anthology | 74 |
| November 1982 | The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 8, 1946 | DAW Books / New American Library of Canada | Anthology | 74 |
| September 1983 | Reach for Tomorrow | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 1 |
| November 1983 | The Sentinel | Berkley Books | Collection | 17 |
| January 1984 | The Sentinel | Berkley Books | Collection | |
| March 1984 | The Sentinel | Berkley Books / SFBC | Collection | 1 |
| December 1984 | The Golden Years of Science Fiction: Fourth Series | Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers | Anthology | 390 |
| 1985 | The Sentinel | Panther / Granada | Collection | |
| January 1985 | Reach for Tomorrow | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 1 |
| June 1985 | Reach for Tomorrow | Gollancz | Collection | 1 |
| July 1985 | Analog: The Best of Science Fiction | Galahad Books | Anthology | 80 |
| December 1986 | The Sentinel | Berkley Books | Collection | 9 |
| 1987 | Reach for Tomorrow | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 1 |
| March 1987 | The Nine Billion Names of God: The Best Short Stories of Arthur C. Clarke | Signet / New American Library | Collection | 39 |
| September 1987 | Reach for Tomorrow | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 1 |
| November 1987 | Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century | Avenel Books | Anthology | 33 |
| December 1989 | Reach for Tomorrow | VGSF / Gollancz | Collection | |1 |
| September 1991 | The Sentinel | Grafton | Collection | [18] |
| September 1991 | More Than One Universe: The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke | Bantam Spectra | Collection | 440 |
| 1993 | The Sentinel | HarperCollins | Collection | 17 |
| April 1996 | The Sentinel | Barnes & Noble Books | Collection | |2 |
| June 1996 | The Nine Billion Names of God: The Best Short Stories of Arthur C. Clarke | Amereon House | Collection | 31 |
| October 1998 | Reach for Tomorrow | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 1 |
| 2000 | The Collected Stories | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | 35 |
| April 2000 | The SFWA Grand Masters: Volume Two | Tor | Anthology | 115 |
| September 2000 | The Sentinel | ibooks | Collection | 17 |
| September 2000 | The Sentinel | Voyager / HarperCollins | Collection | 19 |
| February 2001 | The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke | Tor | Collection | 35 |
| February 2001 | The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke | Tor / SFBC | Collection | 35 |
| April 2001 | The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 2 | Tor | Anthology | |
| October 2001 | The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | 35 |
| January 2002 | The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke | Orb | Collection | 35 |
| August 2002 | The Sentinel | ibooks | Collection | |17 |
| January 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down | Baen Books | Anthology | 3 |
| January 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down | Baen Books | Anthology | 1 |
| January 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down | Baen Books | Anthology | |
| February 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down | Baen Books / SFBC | Anthology | |
| June 2006 | The World Turned Upside Down | Baen Books | Anthology | 3 |
| May 2007 | The 1634: The Baltic War Disk | Baen Books | Omnibus | |17.03 |
| May 2007 | The 1634: The Baltic War Disk | Baen Books | Omnibus | |17.03 |
| July 2007 | The Best of Jim Baen's Universe 2006 Disk | Baen Books | Omnibus | |3.03 |
| March 2008 | The David Drake When the Tide Rises Disk | Baen Books | Omnibus | |17.03 |
| November 2008 | The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke | Paw Prints | Collection | 35 |
| August 2010 | The Collected Stories: Volume One | Clipper / W. F. Howes | Collection | |35 |
| October 2010 | The 1635: The Eastern Front Disk | Baen Books | Omnibus | |19.03 |
| June 2011 | The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | |35 |
| November 2012 | History Lesson | RosettaBooks | Collection | |35 |
| November 2012 | Reach for Tomorrow | RosettaBooks | Collection | |
| June 2013 | Escape Pod, EP400 | Escape Artists, Inc. | MAGAZINE | |
| 2016 | The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke | RosettaBooks | Collection | |
| August 2016 | The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke | Audible Studios | Collection | |35 |
| November 2019 | Infinite Stars: Dark Frontiers: The Definitive Anthology of Space Opera | Titan Books | Anthology | 569 |
| November 2019 | Infinite Stars: Dark Frontiers | Titan Books | Anthology | |
| April 2022 | Arthur C. Clarke Audiobook Collection | MotionAudiobooks | Omnibus | |129 |
| July 2022 | Alpha 3 | ReAnimus Press | Anthology | |251 |