The Non-Fiction Works of Arthur C. Clarke

Waldstein: 1950. Fairly technical introduction to astronautics. Selection of quotes, equations and diagrams may be consulted here.

Waldstein: 1951. Non-technical introduction to astronautics.

Waldstein: 1954. Brilliantly written and illustrated speculations about Moon colonisation. Selection of quotes and photos may be consulted here.

Waldstein: 1956. Adventures in Australia and the Great Barrier Reef, in water, underwater and on land.

Waldstein: 1957.

Waldstein: 1957. Adventures in and around Sri Lanka.

Waldstein: 1958. The epic stories of the first transatlantic telegraph and telephone cables.

Waldstein: 1959. 1st collection of essays. 21 pieces, ten of them later reprinted in Report on Planet Three (#17). Selection of quotes may be consulted here.

Waldstein: 1960. Speculative pop science about our stormy relationship with the sea.

Waldstein: 1961. Splendidly evocative account of a visit to the Great Basses Reef off the south coast of Sri Lanka.

Waldstein: 1962. Significantly subtitled "An Inquiry into the Limits of the Possible". Revised in 1973, 1982 and 1999 (Millennium Edition, new preface). Arthur himself calls this possibly his most important non-fiction work. He may be right.

Waldstein: 1964. Short version of #13 for young adult readers. Appears to have been written separately rather than merely derived from the fuller version.

Waldstein: 1964. Underwater treasure hunt around the Great Basses Reef off the south coast of Sri Lanka.

Waldstein: 2nd collection of essays. 24 pieces, including the historical paper "Extraterrestrial Relays" (1945) which first suggested the idea of geostationary satellites. Selection of quotes may be consulted here.

Waldstein: 1968. Arthur's magnum opus on space and space exploration. Post-1969 editions contain important revisions about the first Moon landing.

Waldstein: 1972. Grand Tour of the Solar System. Beautifully written. Splendidly illustrated, not least with 15 colour plates by Chesley Bonestell.

Waldstein: 1972. 3rd collection of essays. 22 pieces, ten of them reprinted (with new prefatory notes) from The Challenge of the Spaceship (#8). Selection of quotes may be consulted here.

Waldstein: 1977. 4th collection of essays. Contains "speculations on space, science and the sea, together with fragments of equatorial autobiography". Only for Clarke aficionados, but for them a treasure trove.

Waldstein: 1984. 5th collection of essays. Typically eclectic, bold and wide-ranging. Subjects cover such diverse topics like communications as the "weapons of peace", the golden age of space exploration (1960-80), the profession of writing, the challenge of tourism and the menace of creationism. Selection of quotes may be consulted here.

Waldstein: 1984. Collected scientific papers. Rather technical for the most part. A good deal of autobiography interspersed between them. Indispensable for Arthur aficionados.

Waldstein: 1989. Utterly fascinating reflections on old magazines, old stories and old friends.

Waldstein: 1992. Arthur's magnum opus on communications. Considerably expanded and updated version of Voice Across the Sea (1974, rev. ver.).

Waldstein: 1994. Ambitious speculations about terraforming Mars in the very distant future.

Waldstein: 1999. The definitive single volume selection of essays. 110 pieces, 63 of them previously uncollected. New preface and new introductions to each part by the author.