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1984: Spring / A Choice of Futures

Arthur C. Clarke

First published 1984
Publisher Del Rey / Ballantine
Format Hardcover
Type Nonfiction
Pages x+259
Price $14.95
ISBN 0345313577

  • The title is stated as "1984: Spring / A Choice of Futures" on the spine and "1984: Spring" over "A Choice of Futures" on the half-title and title pages. The title is not stated on the copyright page. Within the book "1984: Spring" appears at the top of the even numbered pages.
  • "First Edition: February 1984"
  • First printing by the number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.
  • This publication has "ISBN 0-345-31357-7" on the copyright page and the SBN 345-31357-7 on the back cover. In September 1984 Ballantine published Job: A Comedy of Justice by Robert A. Heinlein with "ISBN 0-345-31357-7" on the copyright page and the SBN 345-31649-5 on the back cover. As a result, some sources report that the ISBN 0-345-31357-7 is for Job: A Comedy of Justice rather than 1984: Spring / A Choice of Futures.
  • Cover photo: William Coupon.
  • Structured in four parts: ''I. The Weapons of Peace'' (pp. 3-84); ''II. Apollo and After'' (pp. 87-148): ''III. The Literary Scene'' (pp. 151-225); and ''IV. From the Coast of Coral'' (pp. 229-259).
  • Almost all pieces have prefatory notes about their origins (address, lecture, foreword, letter, etc.) as well as about the time and place of their first publication. Further information as regards to the latter is to be found on the ''Acknowledgements'' page which lists copyright and the date/place of first publication for each essay.

Page Title Author(s) Type
3 Beyond the Global Village Arthur C. Clarke Essay
15 New Communications and the Developing World Arthur C. Clarke Essay
29 In the Hall of the Knights Arthur C. Clarke Essay
33 To Russia, with Love... Arthur C. Clarke Essay
44 War and Peace in the Space Age Arthur C. Clarke Essay
61 Electronics and Education Arthur C. Clarke Essay
72 A Flash of Golden Fire Arthur C. Clarke Essay
87 The Eve of Apollo Arthur C. Clarke Essay
95 Apollo Plus Ten Arthur C. Clarke Essay
99 Space Flight - Imagination and Reality Arthur C. Clarke Essay
116 The Discovery of the Solar System Arthur C. Clarke Essay
126 Viking on the Plain of Gold Arthur C. Clarke Essay
133 Space Facts and Space Fallacies Arthur C. Clarke Essay
145 Predictions Arthur C. Clarke Essay
151 Of Sand and Stars Arthur C. Clarke Essay
158 Last and First Books Arthur C. Clarke Essay
162 The Poetry of Space Arthur C. Clarke Essay
179 Shaw and the Sound Barrier Arthur C. Clarke Essay
185 Richard Jefferies Arthur C. Clarke Essay
190 Who's Afraid of Leonard Woolf? Arthur C. Clarke Essay
199 With Brendan Behan Arthur C. Clarke Essay
203 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Arthur C. Clarke Essay
207 My Four Feet on the Ground Arthur C. Clarke Essay
210 The Web Between the Worlds Arthur C. Clarke Essay
213 Mysterious World Arthur C. Clarke Essay
220 Writing to Sell Arthur C. Clarke Essay
229 Beneath the Indian Ocean Arthur C. Clarke Essay
236 The Last Wildernes Arthur C. Clarke Essay
239 The People of the Sea Arthur C. Clarke Essay
245 Tourism: The Challenge of Change Arthur C. Clarke Essay
254 The Menace of Creationism Arthur C. Clarke Essay
v Acknowledgements (1984: Spring / A Choice of Futures) uncredited Essay
vii Foreword (1984: Spring A Choice of Futures) Arthur C. Clarke Essay
x Author's Note (1984: Spring A Choice of Futures) Arthur C. Clarke Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
1984: Spring / A Choice of Futures Cover 1984 Del Rey / Ballantine Paperback Nonfiction xi+254
1984: Spring / A Choice of Futures Cover 1985 Panther Paperback Nonfiction Chris Foss 256