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The Hammer of God

Arthur C. Clarke

First published June 1993
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Notes

First published in a special issue of Time (published September 28, 1992) on "Beyond the Year 2000"; it was only the second piece of fiction to be published in that magazine (according to Clarke's 'Sources and Acknowledgements' for the 1993 novel).

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1993 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (22)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
June 1993 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection St. Martin's Press Anthology 195
June 1993 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection St. Martin's Press Anthology 195
September 1993 Best New SF 7 Robinson Anthology 195
September 1993 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection St. Martin's Press / SFBC Anthology 195
April 1997 Decades of Science Fiction NTC Publishing Group Anthology 525
April 1997 Decades of Science Fiction NTC Publishing Group Anthology 525
2000 The Collected Stories Gollancz / Orion Collection 938
February 2001 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Tor Collection 938
February 2001 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Tor / SFBC Collection 938
October 2001 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Gollancz / Orion Collection 938
January 2002 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Orb Collection 938
November 2002 The Hard SF Renaissance Tor Anthology 229
December 2002 The Hard SF Renaissance Tor / SFBC Anthology 229
October 2003 The Hard SF Renaissance Orb Anthology 229
November 2008 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Paw Prints Collection 938
April 2011 The Hard SF Renaissance Orb Anthology 229
April 2011 The Collected Stories: Volume Five Clipper / W. F. Howes Collection |938
June 2011 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Gollancz / Orion Collection |938
December 2011 Lightspeed, December 2011 Prime Books MAGAZINE |11
2016 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke RosettaBooks Collection
August 2016 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Audible Studios Collection |938
April 2022 Arthur C. Clarke Audiobook Collection MotionAudiobooks Omnibus |224