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Title: The Challenge of the Spaceship Title Record # 1016143
Author: Arthur C. Clarke
Date: 1946-12-00
Type: ESSAY
Language: English
Note: According to the notes in Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds! (1999), the essay, which started as an address, was first published in the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society for December 1946. In 1959 Clarke revised and updated the piece for inclusion in the eponymous collection of essays. The version in Greetings... omits few sentences (including one quote from another author), but otherwise, except for trifles like punctuation, spelling and merged paragraphs, the piece is identical with the one in The Challenge of the Spaceship (1959). Also, according to Locus1, a revised version of the talk appeared also in British Thought (1947, ed. Ivor Brown).
Synopsis: One of Clarke's classic essays with speculations on space exploration and its profound effect on mankind. Deals with philosophical issues, not with technical details how to build a spaceship.
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1960Translated by Heinz Gartmann
German Im Zeichen der Raumfahrt

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Challenge of the Spaceship: Previews of Tomorrow's World 1959-00-00 Arthur C. Clarke Harper & Brothers  
$3.50?$: US dollar
212
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
non-fic  
The Challenge of the Spaceship: Previews of Tomorrow's World 1959-00-00 Arthur C. Clarke Frederick Muller Ltd  
15/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
vi+
212
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
non-fic  
Über den Himmel hinaus: Unser Leben im Zeichen der Raumfahrt 1960-00-00 Arthur C. Clarke Econ  
DM 14.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
251
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
non-fic Werner Rebhuhn Checkmark
The Challenge of the Spaceship 1961-00-00 Arthur C. Clarke Ballantine Books F528
$0.35?$: US dollar
189
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
non-fic Richard Powers Checkmark
The Challenge of the Spaceship 1980-06-00 Arthur C. Clarke Pocket Books 0-671-82139-3
$2.50?$: US dollar
222
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
non-fic Checkmark
By Space Possessed: Essays on the Exploration of Space 1993-07-00 Arthur C. Clarke Gollancz 0-575-05596-0
£16.99?£: UK pound
223
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
non-fic Peter Mennim Checkmark
Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!: A Vision of the 20th Century As It Happened 1999-00-00 Arthur C. Clarke Voyager 0-00-224697-X
£19.99?£: UK pound
xviii+
558
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
non-fic Checkmark
Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!: Collected Essays 1934-1998 1999-08-00 Arthur C. Clarke St. Martin's Press 0-312-19893-0
$35.00?$: US dollar
xvii+
558
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
non-fic Checkmark
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