The Nine Billion Names of God
by Arthur C. Clarke
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0451059492
- ISBN 13
- 9780451059499
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About This Item
New York: Signet, 1974. First paperback. Mass Paperback. Good. First printing of this edition. Tiny corner crease, light dings to cover; faint crease to spine. Faint tanning to rear cover; pages clean and unmarked, off-white. Signet mass paperback, first printing June 1974, complete number line. ISBN: 9780451059499, Signet 451 Y5949, 240 pages, 12mo (7"" x 4.25"") First printing of this paperback edition. Paperback reprint of Harcourt hard cover first edition. The best science fiction stories of Arthur C. Clarke, including: The Nine Billion Names of God (voted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame by Science Fiction Writers of America), I Remember Babylon, Trouble With Time, Rescue Party, The Curse, Summertime on Icarus, Dog Star, Hide and Seek, Out of the Sun, The Wall of Darkness, No Morning After, The Possessed, Death and the Senator, Who's There?, Before Eden, Superiority, A Walk in the Dark, The Call of the Stars, The Reluctant Orchid, Encounter in the Dawn, ""If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth . . ."", Patent Pending, The Sentinel (basis of 2001: A Space Odyssey), Transience, The Star (winner, 1956 Hugo Award).
Synopsis
The Nine Billion Names of God is a collection of short stories from acclaimed science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke. Stories include: The Nine Billion Names of God / I Remember Babylon / Trouble with Time / Rescue Party / The Curse / Summertime on Icarus / Dog Star / Hide and Seek / Out of the Sun / The Wall of Darkness / No Morning After / The Possessed / Death and the Senator / Who's There? / Before Eden / Superiority / A Walk in the Dark / The Call of the Stars / The Reluctant Orchid / Encounter at Dawn / If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth... / The Sentinel
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- Bookseller
- Bujoldfan (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 110716029780451059499cgm
- Title
- The Nine Billion Names of God
- Author
- Arthur C. Clarke
- Format/Binding
- Mass Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First paperback
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0451059492
- ISBN 13
- 9780451059499
- Publisher
- Signet
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Pages
- 240
- Size
- 12mo
- Keywords
- Story Collection
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction / Fantasy;
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