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Extra-Terrestrial Relays

Arthur C. Clarke

First published September 1965
Type Essay

Apparently the first appearance in print of the idea about communication satellites in geostationary orbits. Clarke later wistfully reflected how never patented it and once remarked, perhaps ironically, that the paper is "the most important thing I ever wrote".

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
September 1965 Cover Voices from the Sky: Previews of the Coming Space Age Harper & Row Nonfiction 233
1966 Cover Voices from the Sky: Previews of the Coming Space Age Gollancz Nonfiction 233
October 1967 Cover Voices from the Sky: Previews of the Coming Space Age Pyramid Books Nonfiction 197
1969 Cover Voices from the Sky Mayflower Nonfiction 191
1969 Cover Voices from the Sky Mayflower Nonfiction 191
January 1971 Cover Voices from the Sky: Previews of the Coming Space Age Pyramid Books Nonfiction 197
February 1980 Cover Voices from the Sky Pocket Books Nonfiction 230
April 1984 Cover Ascent to Orbit: A Scientific Autobiography John Wiley & Sons Nonfiction 60
June 1992 Cover How the World Was One: Beyond the Global Village Gollancz Nonfiction 272
1999 Cover Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!: A Vision of the 20th Century As It Happened Voyager Nonfiction 19
August 1999 Cover Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!: Collected Essays 1934-1998 St. Martin's Press Nonfiction 19