The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke

So clearly, a complete collection of the short stories of a prolific writer is going to have some variance. There are some that are forgettable, and some that are just stories for the sake of stories. But Clarke relatively frequently evoked, for me, a sense of wonder, of imagination, of desire to unlock the secrets of the universe, even with the advances in science since.

He also has a knack for completely reframing a story with a new idea in the last paragraph, or even sentence, to leave you thinking.

As I read, I wrote down some of the stories I found memorable for one reason or another:

• Rescue Party
• Lion of Comarre
• Hide and seek
• Breaking Strain
• Nemesis
• Second Dawn
• Superiority
• If I forget Thee, Oh Earth
• Encounter in the Dawn
• Refugee
• The Next Tenants
• The Man Who Ploughed the Sea
• Let There Be Light
• Out of the Sun
• Cosmic Casanova
• The Songs of Distant Earth
• A Slight Case of Sunstroke
• Death and the Senator
• Before Eden
• Dog Star
• Maelstrom II