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A Meeting with Medusa

Arthur C. Clarke

First published December 1971
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette
Series A Meeting with Medusa #1

Synopsis

A pioneer of modern air-ships pilots a balloon into the atmosphere of Venus.

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1972 Hugo Award Best Novella Runner-up
1972 Locus Poll Award Best Short Fiction Runner-up
1973 Nebula Award Novella Winner

Publications (76)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
December 1971 Playboy, December 1971 MAGAZINE
April 1972 The Wind from the Sun Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Collection
July 1972 The Best Science Fiction of the Year Ballantine Books Anthology 131
July 1972 The Best Science Fiction of the Year Ballantine Books Anthology 131
August 1972 Best SF: 1971 G. P. Putnam's Sons Anthology 37
August 1972 The Wind from the Sun Gollancz Collection
August 1972 The Year's Best Science Fiction No. 5 Sphere Books Anthology 35
November 1972 Best SF: 1971 Berkley Medallion Anthology 41
1973 The Best of Arthur C. Clarke: 1937-1971 Sphere Collection 279
January 1973 The Wind from the Sun Harcourt Brace Jovanovich / SFBC Collection 134
July 1973 The Wind from the Sun Signet / New American Library Collection 127
July 1973 The Wind from the Sun Signet / New American Library of Canada Collection 127
October 1973 The Best of Arthur C. Clarke: 1937-1971 Sidgwick & Jackson Collection
November 1973 Nebula Award Stories Eight Harper & Row Anthology 3
November 1973 Nebula Award Stories 8 Gollancz Anthology
December 1973 Jupiter Ballantine Books Anthology 211
January 1974 The Best of Arthur C. Clarke: 1937-1971 Sphere Collection 279
October 1974 The Wind from the Sun Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Collection 144
1975 Nebula Award Stories 8 Panther Anthology 19
1975 Nebula Award Stories 8 Panther Anthology 19
September 1975 Nebula Award Stories 8 Berkley Medallion Anthology 3
September 1975 The Wind from the Sun Signet / New American Library Collection 127
1976 The Wind from the Sun Corgi Collection 144
April 1976 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #1 Ballantine Books Anthology 131
1977 The Best of Arthur C. Clarke 1956-1972 Sphere Collection 143
November 1977 Aliens Orbit / Futura Anthology 108
August 1978 Aliens St. Martin's Press Anthology 108
1981 The Best of Arthur C. Clarke 1956-1972 Sphere Collection 143
April 1982 The Wind from the Sun Signet / New American Library Collection 127
April 1982 The Wind from the Sun Signet / New American Library of Canada Collection 127
April 1983 The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces Arbor House Anthology 424
July 1983 The Wind from the Sun Pan Books Collection 144
September 1983 The Wind from the Sun Pan Books Collection 144
November 1983 The Sentinel Berkley Books Collection 235
January 1984 The Sentinel Berkley Books Collection
February 1984 The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces Priam Books / Arbor House Anthology 424
March 1984 The Sentinel Berkley Books / SFBC Collection 157
1985 The Sentinel Panther / Granada Collection
1985 Great Tales of Science Fiction Galahad Books Anthology 424
July 1986 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV Avon Anthology 158
December 1986 The Sentinel Berkley Books Collection 205
March 1987 The Wind from the Sun Signet / New American Library Collection 179
December 1987 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV Avon / SFBC Anthology 168
June 1988 Great Tales of Science Fiction Galahad Books Anthology 424
October 1988 A Meeting with Medusa / Green Mars Tor Anthology 1
January 1989 The World Treasury of Science Fiction Little, Brown / BOMC Anthology 146
February 1989 The World Treasury of Science Fiction Little, Brown Anthology 146
June 1989 The World Treasury of Science Fiction Little, Brown / QPBC Anthology 146
September 1990 The Wind from the Sun VGSF / Gollancz Collection
September 1991 The Sentinel Grafton Collection [252]
September 1991 More Than One Universe: The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Bantam Spectra Collection 390
1993 The Sentinel HarperCollins Collection 251
1994 Nebula Award-Winning Novellas Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 60
March 1994 Great Tales of Science Fiction Galahad Books Anthology 424
1996 Nebula Award-Winning Novellas Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 60
April 1996 The Sentinel Barnes & Noble Books Collection |9
September 1996 The Wind from the Sun Vista Collection 146
2000 The Collected Stories Gollancz / Orion Collection 894
April 2000 The SFWA Grand Masters: Volume Two Tor Anthology 158
April 2000 Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons St. Martin's Griffin Anthology 222
May 2000 Exploring the Horizons: Explorers, and the Furthest Horizon Science Fiction Book Club Omnibus 214
September 2000 The Sentinel ibooks Collection 235
September 2000 The Sentinel Voyager / HarperCollins Collection 254
February 2001 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Tor Collection 894
February 2001 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Tor / SFBC Collection 894
April 2001 The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 2 Tor Anthology
October 2001 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Gollancz / Orion Collection 894
January 2002 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Orb Collection 894
August 2002 Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons Anthology 222
August 2002 The Sentinel ibooks Collection |235
November 2008 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Paw Prints Collection 894
April 2011 The Collected Stories: Volume Five Clipper / W. F. Howes Collection |894
June 2011 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Gollancz / Orion Collection |894
2016 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke RosettaBooks Collection
August 2016 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Audible Studios Collection |894
April 2022 Arthur C. Clarke Audiobook Collection MotionAudiobooks Omnibus |120