Arthur C. Clarke
The Collected Stories
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke, published in 2000, contains most of Clarke’s short stories, but not all. The following stories are missing:
- “The Fate of Fu Manchu” (1935)
- “At the Mountains of Murkiness” (1940)
- “When the Twerms Came” (1972)
- “Tales from the ‘White Hart’, 1990: The Jet-Propelled Time Machine” (1990)
- “Hibernaculum 46” (2000), with Stephen Baxter
- “Time Gentleman Please” (2007), with Stephen Baxter
On the other hand, The Collected Stories contains two pieces which are not stories at all, but essays: “Reverie” (1939) and “Herbert George Morley Roberts Wells, Esq.” (1967).
Expansions
Clarke expanded six of his short stories into novels. They are listed here:
| Original Version | Expanded Version | ||
| Title | Published | Title | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guardian Angel | 1950 | Childhood’s End | 1953 |
| The Sentinel | 1951 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | 1968 |
| Earthlight | 1951 | Earthlight | 1955 |
| The Deep Range | 1955 | The Deep Range | 1957 |
| The Songs of Distant Earth | 1958 | The Songs of Distant Earth | 1986 |
| The Hammer of God | 1992 | The Hammer of God | 1993 |
Variations
In a few cases, Clarke revised a story or novel after its initial publication, so that two published versions exist. The following table provides an overview.
| Original Version | Revised Version | |||
| Title | Published | Title | Published | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Awakening | 1942-02 | The Awakening | 1952-01 | completely revised |
| Against the Fall of Night | 1948 | The City and the Stars | 1956 | completely revised |
| Critical Mass | 1949-03 | Critical Mass | 1957 | White Hart frame added |
| Childhood’s End | 1953-08 | Childhood’s End | 1990 | beginning revised |
| Ultimate Melody | 1957-02 | The Ultimate Melody | 1957 | White Hart frame added |