From Arthur C. Clarke's Preface to Reach for Tomorrow: "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."
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1949 |
|
Startling Stories, May 1949 | Better Publications, Inc. | MAGAZINE | 137 |
| 1950 |
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Science-Fantasy, Winter 1950 | Nova Publications Ltd. | MAGAZINE | 67 |
| November 1952 |
|
Omnibus of Science Fiction | Crown Publishers | Anthology | 542 |
| 1953 |
|
Omnibus of Science Fiction | Crown Publishers / SFBC | Anthology | 545 |
| April 1953 |
|
Omnibus of Science Fiction | Crown Publishers | Anthology | 545 |
| December 1953 |
|
Expedition to Earth | Ballantine Books | Collection | 73 |
| December 1953 |
|
Expedition to Earth | Ballantine Books | Collection | 73 |
| August 1956 |
|
Science Fiction Omnibus | Berkley Books | Anthology | 165 |
| 1959 |
|
Across the Sea of Stars | Harcourt, Brace & Company | Omnibus | 54 |
| 1959 |
|
Across the Sea of Stars | Longmans (Canada) | Omnibus | |
| November 1959 |
|
Across the Sea of Stars | Harcourt, Brace & World / SFBC | Omnibus | 54 |
| February 1961 |
|
Expedition to Earth | Ballantine Books | Collection | 73 |
| November 1963 |
|
Science Fiction Omnibus | Berkley Medallion | Anthology | 168 |
| 1964 |
|
The Best of Sci-Fi (Three) | Mayflower-Dell | Anthology | 162 |
| February 1964 |
|
Great Science Fiction Stories | Dell Laurel-Leaf Library | Anthology | 162 |
| 1965 |
|
An Arthur C. Clarke Omnibus | Sidgwick & Jackson | Omnibus | |
| 1965 |
|
Great Science-Fiction | Three Star Books | Anthology | 65 |
| 1965 | An Arthur C. Clarke Omnibus | Ambassador | Omnibus | ||
| July 1965 |
|
Expedition to Earth | Ballantine Books | Collection | 73 |
| July 1965 |
|
Expedition to Earth | Ballantine Books | Collection | 73 |
| January 1966 | An Arthur C. Clarke Omnibus | The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) | Omnibus | ||
| April 1966 |
|
Beyond Belief | Scholastic Book Services | Anthology | 174 |
| October 1966 |
|
Beyond Belief | Scholastic Book Services | Anthology | 174 |
| December 1967 | Across the Sea of Stars | Harcourt Brace | Omnibus | 54 | |
| March 1969 |
|
Expedition to Earth | Ballantine Books | Collection | 73 |
| June 1969 |
|
Great Science Fiction Stories | Dell Laurel-Leaf Library | Anthology | 162 |
| December 1969 |
|
Beyond Belief | Scholastic Book Services | Anthology | 174 |
| 1970 |
|
Expedition to Earth | Harcourt, Brace & World | Collection | 81 |
| 1970 |
|
Imagine! | Nelson (Canada) | Anthology | 12 |
| March 1970 |
|
Expedition to Earth | Ballantine Books | Collection | 73 |
| 1971 |
|
Science Fiction: The Future | Harcourt Brace Jovanovich | Anthology | 230 |
| March 1971 | Expedition to Earth | Ballantine Books | Collection | 73 | |
| September 1971 |
|
Expedition to Earth | Ballantine Books | Collection | 73 |
| 1972 |
|
SF: Inventing the Future | Bellhaven House | Anthology | 24 |
| June 1972 |
|
Expedition to Earth | Ballantine Books | Collection | 73 |
| June 1972 |
|
Expedition to Earth | Ballantine Books | Collection | 73 |
| July 1972 |
|
Great Science Fiction Stories | Dell Laurel-Leaf Library | Anthology | 162 |
| 1973 |
|
The Best of Arthur C. Clarke: 1937-1971 | Sphere | Collection | 49 |
| January 1973 |
|
Beyond Belief | Scholastic Book Services | Anthology | 174 |
| March 1973 |
|
Expedition to Earth | Ballantine Books | Collection | 73 |
| October 1973 |
|
The Best of Arthur C. Clarke: 1937-1971 | Sidgwick & Jackson | Collection | |
| October 1973 | Great Science Fiction Stories | Dell Laurel-Leaf Library | Anthology | 162 | |
| November 1973 |
|
Expedition to Earth | Ballantine Books | Collection | 73 |
| 1974 |
|
Another Tomorrow | Pflaum | Anthology | 1 |
| January 1974 |
|
Expedition to Earth | Ballantine Books | Collection | 73 |
| January 1974 |
|
The Best of Arthur C. Clarke: 1937-1971 | Sphere | Collection | 49 |
| June 1974 | Great Science Fiction Stories | Dell Laurel-Leaf | Anthology | 162 | |
| July 1974 |
|
Science Fiction Monthly, July 1974 | New English Library | MAGAZINE | 10|10.1 |
| October 1974 |
|
Great Science Fiction Stories | Dell Laurel-Leaf | Anthology | 162 |
| November 1974 |
|
Transformations II: Understanding American History Through Science Fiction | Fawcett Crest | Anthology | 13 |
| 1975 | Expedition to Earth | Ballantine Books | Collection | 73 | |
| 1976 |
|
The Best of Arthur C. Clarke: 1937-1955 | Sphere Books | Collection | 49 |
| 1976 |
|
The Best of Arthur C. Clarke: 1937-1955 | Sphere Books | Collection | 49 |
| August 1976 |
|
Expedition to Earth | Ballantine Books | Collection | 73 |
| November 1976 |
|
Earth in Transit: Science Fiction and Contemporary Problems | Dell Laurel-Leaf | Anthology | 44 |
| November 1976 |
|
Expedition to Earth | Ballantine Books | Collection | 73 |
| February 1978 |
|
Expedition to Earth | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 73 |
| March 1979 |
|
Expedition to Earth | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 73 |
| 1980 |
|
Omnibus of Science Fiction | Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers | Anthology | 545 |
| 1980 |
|
Across the Sea of Stars | Books on Tape | Collection | |7 |
| July 1981 |
|
Catastrophes! | Fawcett Crest | Anthology | 217 |
| 1982 |
|
The Best of Arthur C. Clarke: 1937-1955 | Sphere | Collection | 49 |
| August 1982 |
|
Science Fiction A to Z: A Dictionary of the Great S.F. Themes | Houghton Mifflin | Anthology | 138 |
| October 1982 | Expedition to Earth | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 73 | |
| February 1983 |
|
Peter Davison's Book of Alien Planets | Sparrow Books | Anthology | 74 |
| February 1983 |
|
Peter Davison's Book of Alien Planets | Hutchinson | Anthology | 74 |
| 1984 |
|
The Omnibus of Science Fiction | Chatham River Press | Anthology | 545 |
| March 1984 |
|
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 11, 1949 | DAW Books | Anthology | 160 |
| March 1984 |
|
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 11, 1949 | DAW Books / New American Library of Canada | Anthology | 160 |
| April 1985 |
|
Expedition to Earth | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 73 |
| 1987 |
|
Expedition to Earth | Sidgwick & Jackson | Collection | 133 |
| January 1987 |
|
Expedition to Earth | New English Library | Collection | |
| 1988 |
|
Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Years of Science Fiction: Sixth Series | Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers | Anthology | 160 |
| October 1998 |
|
Expedition to Earth | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | |
| 2000 |
|
The Collected Stories | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | 92 |
| February 2001 |
|
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke | Tor | Collection | 92 |
| February 2001 |
|
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke | Tor / SFBC | Collection | 92 |
| October 2001 |
|
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | 92 |
| January 2002 |
|
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke | Orb | Collection | 92 |
| November 2008 |
|
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke | Paw Prints | Collection | 92 |
| August 2010 |
|
The Collected Stories: Volume One | Clipper / W. F. Howes | Collection | |92 |
| June 2011 |
|
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | |92 |
| November 2012 |
|
History Lesson | RosettaBooks | Collection | |92 |
| 2016 | The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke | RosettaBooks | Collection | ||
| August 2016 |
|
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke | Audible Studios | Collection | |92 |
| April 2022 |
|
Arthur C. Clarke Audiobook Collection | MotionAudiobooks | Omnibus | |135 |