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A Walk in the Dark

Arthur C. Clarke

First published August 1950
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Notes

per Between Time and Terror: ©1950, renewed 1978 by Arthur C. Clarke. Reprinted by permission of the Scott Meredith Literary Agency, Inc.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2001 Retro Hugo Award Best Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (70)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
August 1950 Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1950 Standard Magazines, Inc. MAGAZINE 134
April 1951 Possible Worlds of Science Fiction Vanguard Press Anthology 337
March 1956 Reach for Tomorrow Ballantine Books Collection 30
March 1956 Reach for Tomorrow Ballantine Books Collection 30
December 1957 Reach for Tomorrow Ballantine Books Collection 30
1962 Reach for Tomorrow Gollancz Collection 30
July 1963 Great Stories of Space Travel Tempo Books Anthology 168
December 1963 Reach for Tomorrow Ballantine Books Collection 30
June 1965 Prelude to Mars Harcourt, Brace & World Omnibus 227
August 1965 Prelude to Mars Harcourt, Brace & World / SFBC Omnibus 227
December 1965 Great Stories of Space Travel Tempo Books Anthology 168
1966 Great Science Fiction Stories, Number 3 Popular Library, Inc. MAGAZINE 30
December 1966 Great Stories of Space Travel Tempo Books Anthology 168
1967 The Nine Billion Names of God Harcourt, Brace & World Collection 195
1969 Great Stories of Space Travel Tempo Books Anthology 168
March 1969 Reach for Tomorrow Ballantine Books Collection 30
August 1969 Reach for Tomorrow Ballantine Books Collection 30
1970 Reach for Tomorrow Harcourt, Brace & World Collection 33
March 1970 Reach for Tomorrow Ballantine Books Collection 30
April 1970 Great Stories of Space Travel Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap Anthology 168
August 1970 Reach for Tomorrow Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Collection 43
1971 To the Stars: Eight Stories of Science Fiction Hawthorn Books Anthology 134
March 1971 Reach for Tomorrow Ballantine Books Collection 30
September 1971 Reach for Tomorrow Ballantine Books Collection 30
June 1972 Reach for Tomorrow Ballantine Books Collection 30
March 1973 Reach for Tomorrow Ballantine Books Collection 30
November 1973 Reach for Tomorrow Ballantine Books Collection 30
1974 Reach for Tomorrow Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Collection 43
January 1974 Reach for Tomorrow Ballantine Books Collection 30
June 1974 The Nine Billion Names of God Signet / New American Library Collection 170
June 1974 The Nine Billion Names of God Signet / New American Library of Canada Collection 170
July 1974 Prelude to Mars Harcourt, Brace & World / SFBC Omnibus 227
1975 Science Fiction Stories Ward Lock Educational Anthology 48
December 1975 Reach for Tomorrow Ballantine Books Collection 30
1976 Reach for Tomorrow Corgi Collection 43
September 1976 Reach for Tomorrow Ballantine Books Collection 30
August 1977 Reach for Tomorrow Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 30
1978 Science Fiction Stories Ward Lock Educational Anthology 48
1979 The Nine Billion Names of God Signet / New American Library Collection 170
1980 Points of View Book 1 Ward, Lock Anthology 67
August 1980 Reach for Tomorrow Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 30
September 1980 The Nine Billion Names of God Signet / New American Library Collection 170
September 1983 Reach for Tomorrow Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 30
January 1985 Reach for Tomorrow Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 30
June 1985 Reach for Tomorrow Gollancz Collection 30
1987 Reach for Tomorrow Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 30
March 1987 The Nine Billion Names of God: The Best Short Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Signet / New American Library Collection 182
September 1987 Reach for Tomorrow Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 30
December 1989 Reach for Tomorrow VGSF / Gollancz Collection |2
September 1991 More Than One Universe: The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Bantam Spectra Collection 501
April 1995 Between Time and Terror Roc / New American Library Anthology 214
June 1996 The Nine Billion Names of God: The Best Short Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Amereon House Collection 170
September 1996 Space Stories Robinson Children's Books Anthology 85
June 1997 The Random House Book of Science Fiction Stories Random House Anthology 85
October 1998 Reach for Tomorrow Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 34
2000 The Collected Stories Gollancz / Orion Collection 236
February 2000 Bruce Coville's Strange Worlds Avon Camelot Anthology 1
February 2001 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Tor Collection 236
February 2001 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Tor / SFBC Collection 236
October 2001 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Gollancz / Orion Collection 236
January 2002 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Orb Collection 236
November 2008 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Paw Prints Collection 236
October 2010 The Collected Stories: Volume Two Clipper / W. F. Howes Collection |236
June 2011 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Gollancz / Orion Collection |236
November 2012 History Lesson RosettaBooks Collection |236
November 2012 Reach for Tomorrow RosettaBooks Collection
October 2013 In Space No One Can Hear You Scream Baen Books Anthology 7
2016 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke RosettaBooks Collection
August 2016 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Audible Studios Collection |236
April 2022 Arthur C. Clarke Audiobook Collection MotionAudiobooks Omnibus |145