Synopsis
<i>Transience</i> is about three young boys playing on a beach. The first is at the dawn of humanity, the second is in present time, and the third is at the very end of humanity on Earth (and from the setting it's millions, if not billions, of years in the future). The ocean washes each of their footprints out of the sand and continues on though Man itself has come and gone.
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Publications (51)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1949 | Startling Stories, July 1949 | Better Publications, Inc. | MAGAZINE | 125 |
| November 1953 | Looking Forward | The Beechhurst Press | Anthology | 395 |
| 1955 | Looking Forward | Cassell & Company | Anthology | 395 |
| 1958 | The Other Side of the Sky | Harcourt, Brace & Company | Collection | 197 |
| 1958 | The Other Side of the Sky | Longmans (Canada) | Collection | |
| November 1959 | The Other Side of the Sky | Signet / New American Library | Collection | 126 |
| November 1959 | The Other Side of the Sky | Signet / New American Library | Collection | 126 |
| 1961 | From the Ocean, from the Stars | Harcourt, Brace & World | Omnibus | 289 |
| 1961 | The Other Side of the Sky | Gollancz | Collection | |
| January 1962 | From the Ocean, from the Stars | Harcourt, Brace & World / SFBC | Omnibus | 289 |
| April 1962 | The Other Side of the Sky | The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) | Collection | 197 |
| 1963 | The Other Side of the Sky | Gollancz | Collection | |
| 1963 | The Other Side of the Sky | Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers | Collection | 128 |
| February 1964 | The Other Side of the Sky | Signet / New American Library | Collection | 126 |
| February 1964 | The Other Side of the Sky | Signet / New American Library of Canada | Collection | 126 |
| 1966 | The Other Side of the Sky | Corgi | Collection | 128 |
| 1967 | The Nine Billion Names of God | Harcourt, Brace & World | Collection | 264 |
| 1968 | The Other Side of the Sky | Harbrace Paperbound Library | Collection | 201 |
| 1969 | The Other Side of the Sky | Corgi | Collection | 128 |
| July 1973 | The Other Side of the Sky | Signet / New American Library of Canada | Collection | 126 |
| 1974 | The Other Side of the Sky | Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers | Collection | 128 |
| June 1974 | The Nine Billion Names of God | Signet / New American Library | Collection | 229 |
| June 1974 | The Nine Billion Names of God | Signet / New American Library of Canada | Collection | 229 |
| 1975 | The Other Side of the Sky | Corgi | Collection | 128 |
| 1977 | The Other Side of the Sky | Signet / New American Library | Collection | 126 |
| 1978 | The Other Side of the Sky | Signet / New American Library | Collection | 126 |
| 1979 | The Nine Billion Names of God | Signet / New American Library | Collection | 229 |
| September 1980 | The Nine Billion Names of God | Signet / New American Library | Collection | 229 |
| July 1981 | The Other Side of the Sky | Signet / New American Library | Collection | 126 |
| July 1981 | The Other Side of the Sky | Signet / New American Library of Canada | Collection | 126 |
| December 1985 | The Other Side of the Sky | Signet / New American Library | Collection | |
| March 1987 | The Nine Billion Names of God: The Best Short Stories of Arthur C. Clarke | Signet / New American Library | Collection | 241 |
| May 1987 | The Other Side of the Sky | VGSF | Collection | 197 |
| August 1987 | The Other Side of the Sky | Signet / New American Library | Collection | 203 |
| March 1990 | The Other Side of the Sky | VGSF | Collection | 197 |
| September 1991 | More Than One Universe: The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke | Bantam Spectra | Collection | 233 |
| August 1992 | The Other Side of the Sky | VGSF / Gollancz | Collection | |
| March 1995 | The Other Side of the Sky | VGSF / Gollancz | Collection | 197 |
| 2000 | The Collected Stories | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | 99 |
| 2001 | Earth Is But a Star: Excursions Through Science Fiction to the Far Future | University of Western Australia Press | Anthology | 28 |
| February 2001 | The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke | Tor | Collection | 99 |
| February 2001 | The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke | Tor / SFBC | Collection | 99 |
| October 2001 | The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | 99 |
| January 2002 | The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke | Orb | Collection | 99 |
| November 2008 | The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke | Paw Prints | Collection | 99 |
| August 2010 | The Collected Stories: Volume One | Clipper / W. F. Howes | Collection | |99 |
| June 2011 | The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | |99 |
| November 2012 | History Lesson | RosettaBooks | Collection | |99 |
| 2016 | The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke | RosettaBooks | Collection | |
| August 2016 | The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke | Audible Studios | Collection | |99 |
| April 2022 | Arthur C. Clarke Audiobook Collection | MotionAudiobooks | Omnibus | |83 |