title: The Best of Arthur C. Clarke
text: # The Best of Arthur C. Clarke
  
  The Best of Arthur C. Clarke: 1937-1971 is a collection of science fiction short stories by British writer Arthur C. Clarke originally published in 1973.
  
  The stories, written between 1937 and 1971, originally appeared in a number of periodicals including Amateur Science Stories, Zenith, The Fantast, Fantasy, Startling Stories, Astounding, Science Fiction Quarterly, 10 Story Fantasy, Infinity Science Fiction, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, The Evening Standard, Vogue, Analog, If, Boys' Life and Playboy
  
  ## Contents
  
  The contents include:
  
  * 1933: A Science Fiction Odyssey
  * "Travel by Wire!"
  * "Retreat from Earth"
  * "The Awakening"
  * "Whacky"
  * "Castaway"
  * "History Lesson"
  * "Hide and Seek"
  * "Second Dawn"
  * "The Sentinel"
  * "The Star"
  * "Refugee"
  * Venture to the Moon
     * "The Starting Line"
     * "Robin Hood, F.R.S."
     * "Green Fingers"
     * "All That Glitters"
     * "Watch This Space"
     * "A Question of Residence"
  * "Into the Comet"
  * "Summertime on Icarus"
  * "Death and the Senator"
  * "Hate"
  * "Sunjammer"
  * "A Meeting with Medusa"
  * Bibliography
  