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"Moving Spirit" is a science fiction short story by British writer Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1957. The story within a comic story is narrated by Harry Purvis, who is called to assist a scientist relative of his in a trial. The scientist has been brought before the local magistrate's court on charges of illegally distilling liquor. Purvis manages to get him acquitted, by arguing that he was actually working on a fictional "osmotic bomb". Unfortunately Purvis accidentally demonstrates this bomb by exploding it in the courtroom, thus conveniently destroying all the evidence. However, the scientist is almost immediately booked for driving under the influence due to the strong smell of alcohol from his wet clothes.
"The Man Who Ploughed the Sea" is a science fiction short story by British writer Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1957. The story within a story is narrated by Harry Purvis, who recalls a holiday spent submarining off of the Florida Keys. While there, he happens to witness a meeting between two wealthy and talented scientists, one of whom has designed a method to extract trace elements from seawater. He trades his secret to the other in exchange for the other's fancy yacht, but it turns out that the process is not yet commercially viable.
"The Reluctant Orchid" is a science fiction short story by British writer Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1956, and later anthologized in Tales from the White Hart. Like the rest of the collection, it is a frame story set in the fictional "White Hart" pub, where the fictional Harry Purvis narrates the secondary tale.
"Cold War" is a science fiction short story by British writer Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1956, and later anthologized in Tales from the White Hart. Like the rest of the collection, it is a frame story set in the fictional "White Hart" pub, where Harry Purvis narrates the secondary tale.
"What Goes Up" is a science fiction short story by English writer Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1956, and later anthologized in Tales from the White Hart. Like the rest of the collection, it is a frame story set in the fictional White Hart pub, where Harry Purvis narrates the secondary tale. The title is a reference to the common phrase "What goes up must come down".
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- ↑ Bibliography: The Forgotten Enemy. Internet Speculative Fiction Database , retrieved June 12, 2011
- ↑ Arthur C. Clarke: Reach for Tomorrow . Ballantine Books, New York 1956, p. IV
- ↑ Arthur C. Clarke: Reach for Tomorrow. Ballantine Books, New York 1956, p. 43
- ↑ Arthur C. Clarke: Reach for Tomorrow. Ballantine Books, New York 1956, p. 41
- ↑ Arthur C. Clarke: Reach for Tomorrow. Ballantine Books, New York 1956, p. 42
- ↑ Arthur C. Clarke: Reach for Tomorrow. Ballantine Books, New York 1956, p. 47
- ↑ Arthur C. Clarke: Reach for Tomorrow. Ballantine Books, New York 1956, p. 41-47
