Reach for Tomorrow

Reach for Tomorrow

First edition
Author	Arthur C. Clarke
Cover artist	Richard Powers [1]
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Ballantine Books
Publication date	1956
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	166

Reach for Tomorrow is a 1956 collection of science fiction short stories by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. All the stories originally appeared in a number of different publications.

Contents

This collection includes:

• "Preface"
• "Rescue Party"
• "A Walk in the Dark"
• "The Forgotten Enemy"
• "Technical Error"
• "The Parasite"
• "The Fires Within"
• "The Awakening"
• "Trouble With the Natives"
• "The Curse"
• "Time's Arrow"
• "Jupiter Five"
• "The Possessed"

Reception

Galaxy reviewer Floyd C. Gale described the collection as "an excellent cross-section of the art of one of science fiction's foremost exponents." ^[2] Anthony Boucher, however, characterized most of the shorter pieces as inferior work, excluded from Clarke's previous collection, but praised two (unspecified) novelettes as "uniquely authentic Clarke." ^[3]

References

1. "Publication: Reach for Tomorrow".
2. "Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf", Galaxy Science Fiction , September 1955, p.110
3. "Recommended Reading," F&SF , July 1956, p.94.

Sources

• Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 102. ISBN   0-911682-20-1.

External links

• Reach for Tomorrow title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Open Library's entry for Reach for Tomorrow