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Rescue Party

Arthur C. Clarke

First published May 1946
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Notes

From Arthur C. Clarke's Preface to Reach for Tomorrow: "Rescue Party, which was written in 1945, was my first published story .... Readers of my earlier collection, Expedition to Earth, may just conceivably be interested in knowing that History Lesson and Rescue Party both stemmed from the same forgotten original, though now it would be difficult to find two more contrasting endings."

External Links

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Publications (107)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
May 1946 Astounding Science Fiction, May 1946 Street & Smith Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 36
September 1946 Astounding Science Fiction, September 1946 Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd MAGAZINE 18
March 1948 A Treasury of Science Fiction Crown Publishers Anthology 496
November 1948 A Treasury of Science Fiction Crown Publishers Anthology 496
March 1951 A Treasury of Science Fiction Crown Publishers Anthology 496
January 1952 Beyond the End of Time Permabooks Anthology 325
March 1956 Reach for Tomorrow Ballantine Books Collection 1
March 1956 Reach for Tomorrow Ballantine Books Collection 1
October 1956 The End of the World Ace Books Anthology 87
July 1957 A Treasury of Science Fiction Berkley Books Anthology 5
December 1957 Reach for Tomorrow Ballantine Books Collection 1
January 1958 A Treasury of Science Fiction Berkley Books Anthology 5
1959 Across the Sea of Stars Harcourt, Brace & Company Omnibus 149
1959 Across the Sea of Stars Longmans (Canada) Omnibus
June 1959 Great Tales of Action and Adventure Dell Anthology 171
November 1959 Across the Sea of Stars Harcourt, Brace & World / SFBC Omnibus 149
1962 Reach for Tomorrow Gollancz Collection 1
December 1963 Reach for Tomorrow Ballantine Books Collection 1
January 1965 A Treasury of Science Fiction Berkley Medallion Anthology 7
1967 The Nine Billion Names of God Harcourt, Brace & World Collection 32
April 1967 Great Tales of Action and Adventure Dell Laurel-Leaf Anthology 171
December 1967 Across the Sea of Stars Harcourt Brace Omnibus 149
March 1969 Reach for Tomorrow Ballantine Books Collection 1
August 1969 Reach for Tomorrow Ballantine Books Collection 1
1970 Reach for Tomorrow Harcourt, Brace & World Collection 3
March 1970 Reach for Tomorrow Ballantine Books Collection 1
August 1970 Reach for Tomorrow Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Collection 11
March 1971 Reach for Tomorrow Ballantine Books Collection 1
September 1971 Reach for Tomorrow Ballantine Books Collection 1
June 1972 Reach for Tomorrow Ballantine Books Collection 1
October 1972 Alpha Three Ballantine Books Anthology 251
October 1972 Alpha Three Ballantine Books Anthology 251
March 1973 Reach for Tomorrow Ballantine Books Collection 1
November 1973 Reach for Tomorrow Ballantine Books Collection 1
1974 Reach for Tomorrow Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Collection 11
January 1974 Reach for Tomorrow Ballantine Books Collection 1
February 1974 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow ... Holt, Rinehart and Winston Anthology 137
June 1974 The Nine Billion Names of God Signet / New American Library Collection 31
June 1974 The Nine Billion Names of God Signet / New American Library of Canada Collection 31
December 1975 Reach for Tomorrow Ballantine Books Collection 1
1976 Reach for Tomorrow Corgi Collection 11
1976 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow ... Holt, Rinehart and Winston Anthology 137
September 1976 Reach for Tomorrow Ballantine Books Collection 1
August 1977 Reach for Tomorrow Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 1
November 1977 Great Tales of Action and Adventure Dell Anthology 171
1979 The Nine Billion Names of God Signet / New American Library Collection 31
1980 Across the Sea of Stars Books on Tape Collection |15
March 1980 A Treasury of Science Fiction Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers Anthology 496
April 1980 The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction Priam Books / Arbor House Anthology 33
April 1980 The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction Arbor House Anthology 33
August 1980 Reach for Tomorrow Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 1
September 1980 The Nine Billion Names of God Signet / New American Library Collection 31
November 1982 The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 8, 1946 DAW Books Anthology 74
November 1982 The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 8, 1946 DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Anthology 74
September 1983 Reach for Tomorrow Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 1
November 1983 The Sentinel Berkley Books Collection 17
January 1984 The Sentinel Berkley Books Collection
March 1984 The Sentinel Berkley Books / SFBC Collection 1
December 1984 The Golden Years of Science Fiction: Fourth Series Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers Anthology 390
1985 The Sentinel Panther / Granada Collection
January 1985 Reach for Tomorrow Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 1
June 1985 Reach for Tomorrow Gollancz Collection 1
July 1985 Analog: The Best of Science Fiction Galahad Books Anthology 80
December 1986 The Sentinel Berkley Books Collection 9
1987 Reach for Tomorrow Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 1
March 1987 The Nine Billion Names of God: The Best Short Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Signet / New American Library Collection 39
September 1987 Reach for Tomorrow Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 1
November 1987 Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century Avenel Books Anthology 33
December 1989 Reach for Tomorrow VGSF / Gollancz Collection |1
September 1991 The Sentinel Grafton Collection [18]
September 1991 More Than One Universe: The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Bantam Spectra Collection 440
1993 The Sentinel HarperCollins Collection 17
April 1996 The Sentinel Barnes & Noble Books Collection |2
June 1996 The Nine Billion Names of God: The Best Short Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Amereon House Collection 31
October 1998 Reach for Tomorrow Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 1
2000 The Collected Stories Gollancz / Orion Collection 35
April 2000 The SFWA Grand Masters: Volume Two Tor Anthology 115
September 2000 The Sentinel ibooks Collection 17
September 2000 The Sentinel Voyager / HarperCollins Collection 19
February 2001 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Tor Collection 35
February 2001 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Tor / SFBC Collection 35
April 2001 The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 2 Tor Anthology
October 2001 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Gollancz / Orion Collection 35
January 2002 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Orb Collection 35
August 2002 The Sentinel ibooks Collection |17
January 2005 The World Turned Upside Down Baen Books Anthology 3
January 2005 The World Turned Upside Down Baen Books Anthology 1
January 2005 The World Turned Upside Down Baen Books Anthology
February 2005 The World Turned Upside Down Baen Books / SFBC Anthology
June 2006 The World Turned Upside Down Baen Books Anthology 3
May 2007 The 1634: The Baltic War Disk Baen Books Omnibus |17.03
May 2007 The 1634: The Baltic War Disk Baen Books Omnibus |17.03
July 2007 The Best of Jim Baen's Universe 2006 Disk Baen Books Omnibus |3.03
March 2008 The David Drake When the Tide Rises Disk Baen Books Omnibus |17.03
November 2008 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Paw Prints Collection 35
August 2010 The Collected Stories: Volume One Clipper / W. F. Howes Collection |35
October 2010 The 1635: The Eastern Front Disk Baen Books Omnibus |19.03
June 2011 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Gollancz / Orion Collection |35
November 2012 History Lesson RosettaBooks Collection |35
November 2012 Reach for Tomorrow RosettaBooks Collection
June 2013 Escape Pod, EP400 Escape Artists, Inc. MAGAZINE
2016 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke RosettaBooks Collection
August 2016 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Audible Studios Collection |35
November 2019 Infinite Stars: Dark Frontiers: The Definitive Anthology of Space Opera Titan Books Anthology 569
November 2019 Infinite Stars: Dark Frontiers Titan Books Anthology
April 2022 Arthur C. Clarke Audiobook Collection MotionAudiobooks Omnibus |129
July 2022 Alpha 3 ReAnimus Press Anthology |251