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The Last Command

Arthur C. Clarke

First published November 1965
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

After their homes are destroyed in a nuclear war, the men in charge of the final deterrent - a hidden space station armed with gigaton bombs - listen to the recorded final instructions from their now-dead leader.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
November 1965 Cover Bizarre Mystery Magazine, November 1965 Pamar Enterprises, Inc. MAGAZINE 29
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 64
July 1973 Cover The Wind from the Sun Signet / New American Library Collection 61
July 1973 Cover The Wind from the Sun Signet / New American Library of Canada Collection 61
June 1974 Cover Science-Fiction-Stories 37 Ullstein Collection 71
October 1974 Cover The Wind from the Sun Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Collection 74
September 1975 Cover The Wind from the Sun Signet / New American Library Collection 61
1976 Cover The Wind from the Sun Corgi Collection 74
April 1982 Cover The Wind from the Sun Signet / New American Library Collection 61
April 1982 Cover The Wind from the Sun Signet / New American Library of Canada Collection 61
April 1983 Cover Le vent venu du soleil Presses Pocket Collection 93
July 1983 Cover The Wind from the Sun Pan Books Collection 74
September 1983 Cover The Wind from the Sun Pan Books Collection 74
September 1986 Cover Ein Treffen mit Medusa Bastei Lübbe Collection 300
March 1987 The Wind from the Sun Signet / New American Library Collection 85
1990 Cover O vento solar Círculo do Livro Collection |7
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 335
February 1992 Galaktika 137: Tudományos-fantasztikus antológia Móra Ferenc Ifjúsági Könyvkiadó Anthology 43
May 1993 Cover Le vent venu du soleil Presses Pocket Collection 93
September 1996 Cover The Wind from the Sun Vista Collection 71
2000 Cover The Collected Stories Gollancz / Orion Collection 847
February 2001 Cover The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Tor Collection 847
February 2001 Cover The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Tor / SFBC Collection 847
October 2001 Cover The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Gollancz / Orion Collection 847
January 2002 Cover The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Orb Collection 847
November 2008 Cover The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Paw Prints Collection 847
April 2011 Cover The Collected Stories: Volume Five Clipper / W. F. Howes Collection |847
June 2011 Cover The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Gollancz / Orion Collection |847
November 2013 Cover Odyssées: l'intégrale des nouvelles Bragelonne Collection 973
2016 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke RosettaBooks Collection
August 2016 Cover The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Audible Studios Collection |847
September 2019 Cover Terra e Spazio - Volume 4 Mondadori Collection
April 2022 Cover Arthur C. Clarke Audiobook Collection MotionAudiobooks Omnibus |108
April 2022 Cover Arthur C. Clarke Audiobook Collection MotionAudiobooks Omnibus |209
April 2022 Cover Arthur C. Clarke Audiobook Collection MotionAudiobooks Omnibus |340