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The Longest Science-Fiction Story Ever Told

Arthur C. Clarke

First published October 1966
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A magazine editor rejects a story because the idea has been done before.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 1966 Cover Galaxy Magazine, October 1966 Galaxy Publishing Corporation MAGAZINE 78
May 1967 Cover Galaxy Magazine, May-June 1967 Gold Star Publications MAGAZINE 78
April 1972 Cover The Wind from the Sun Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Collection
August 1972 Cover The Wind from the Sun Gollancz Collection
January 1973 Cover The Wind from the Sun Harcourt Brace Jovanovich / SFBC Collection 86
July 1973 Cover The Wind from the Sun Signet / New American Library Collection 81
July 1973 Cover The Wind from the Sun Signet / New American Library of Canada Collection 81
June 1974 Cover Science-Fiction-Stories 37 Ullstein Collection 93
October 1974 Cover The Wind from the Sun Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Collection 96
September 1975 Cover The Wind from the Sun Signet / New American Library Collection 81
1976 Cover The Wind from the Sun Corgi Collection 96
April 1982 Cover The Wind from the Sun Signet / New American Library Collection 81
April 1982 Cover The Wind from the Sun Signet / New American Library of Canada Collection 81
April 1983 Cover Le vent venu du soleil Presses Pocket Collection 125
July 1983 Cover The Wind from the Sun Pan Books Collection 96
September 1983 Cover The Wind from the Sun Pan Books Collection 96
September 1986 Cover Ein Treffen mit Medusa Bastei LĂĽbbe Collection 327
March 1987 The Wind from the Sun Signet / New American Library Collection 113
1990 Cover O vento solar CĂ­rculo do Livro Collection |12
September 1990 Cover The Wind from the Sun VGSF / Gollancz Collection
September 1991 Cover More Than One Universe: The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Bantam Spectra Collection 359
1992 Cover Quasar, 1/1992 PROCONSF MAGAZINE 16
May 1993 Cover Le vent venu du soleil Presses Pocket Collection 125
July 1994 Cover The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF Tor Anthology 788
October 1994 Cover The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF Orbit Anthology 788
October 1994 Cover The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF Tor / SFBC Anthology 788
September 1996 Cover The Wind from the Sun Vista Collection 95
September 1997 Cover The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF Orb Anthology 788
2000 Cover The Collected Stories Gollancz / Orion Collection 854
February 2001 Cover The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Tor Collection 854
February 2001 Cover The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Tor / SFBC Collection 854
October 2001 Cover The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Gollancz / Orion Collection 854
January 2002 Cover The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Orb Collection 854
November 2008 Cover The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Paw Prints Collection 854
April 2011 Cover The Collected Stories: Volume Five Clipper / W. F. Howes Collection |854
June 2011 Cover The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Gollancz / Orion Collection |854
November 2013 Cover Odyssées: l'intégrale des nouvelles Bragelonne Collection 980
2016 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke RosettaBooks Collection
August 2016 Cover The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Audible Studios Collection |854
September 2019 Cover Terra e Spazio - Volume 4 Mondadori Collection
April 2022 Cover Arthur C. Clarke Audiobook Collection MotionAudiobooks Omnibus |113
April 2022 Cover Arthur C. Clarke Audiobook Collection MotionAudiobooks Omnibus |215
April 2022 Cover Arthur C. Clarke Audiobook Collection MotionAudiobooks Omnibus |342