Dedicated to the nature, the people and the history of Sri Lanka, including some of Clarke's reasons why he preferred living there.
These are actually two essays which, according to Clarke and as confirmed by Locus, were written for The Observer Magazine and appeared in 1972.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1977 |
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The View from Serendip | Random House | Nonfiction | 117 |
| 1978 |
|
The View from Serendip | Victor Gollancz | Nonfiction | 117 |
| April 1978 |
|
The View from Serendip | Random House / SFBC | Nonfiction | 105 |
| September 1978 |
|
The View from Serendip | Del Rey / Ballantine | Nonfiction | 108 |
| 1979 |
|
The View from Serendip | Pan Books | Nonfiction | 107 |
| 1983 | The View from Serendip | Pan Books | Nonfiction | 107 | |
| 1999 |
|
Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!: A Vision of the 20th Century As It Happened | Voyager | Nonfiction | 296 |
| August 1999 |
|
Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!: Collected Essays 1934-1998 | St. Martin's Press | Nonfiction | 296 |