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Expedition to Earth

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selected the collection as one of the best sf books of 1953, praising the stories' "humor, technical ideas, science-fictional thinking and all-around excellence."
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There are at least two variants of this book's table of contents, in different editions of the book. Both variants include the stories "
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said that "The stories are continuously fascinating" and "exhibiting their author's versatility".
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praised it as "an excellent collection . . . span the whole range of talents". Writing in the
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An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural
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This collection, originally published in 1953, includes:
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Interplanetary Flight: An Introduction to Astronautics
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1953 collection of short stories by Arthur C. Clarke
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Index


Arthur C. Clarke
Richard Powers
Science fiction
Ballantine Books
ISBN
0-7221-2423-6
science fiction
short stories
Arthur C. Clarke
History Lesson
Encounter in the Dawn
If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth
Breaking Strain
History Lesson
Sidgwick & Jackson
Superiority
Exile of the Eons
Sidgwick & Jackson
Hide-and-Seek
Expedition to Earth
Sidgwick & Jackson
Loophole
Inheritance
The Sentinel
Anthony Boucher
J. Francis McComas
Groff Conklin
P. Schuyler Miller
Hartford Courant

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