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by English writer Arthur C. Clarke. There are at least two variants of this book's table of contents, in different editions of the book. Both variants include the stories "

History Lesson "History Lesson" is a science fiction short story by British writer Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1949 in the magazine '' Startling Stories''. The two-part story speculates on the cooling of the Sun as a doomsday scenario for Eart ...

" (1949) and " Encounter in the Dawn" (1953), but only one story is included under its own title; the other story is included under the title "Expedition to Earth". Variants differ in the story that is included under its own title.

This collection, originally published in 1953, includes: * "Second Dawn" * " If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth" * "

Breaking Strain "Breaking Strain", also known as "Thirty Seconds - Thirty Days", is a science fiction short story by English writer Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1949. It was adapted into a movie in 1994 under the title ''Trapped in Space''. Plot ...

" * "

" (as "Expedition to Earth" in the British Edition,

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, 1954) * " Superiority" * " Exile of the Eons" (as "Nemesis" in the British Edition,

, 1954) * "

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" * " Expedition to Earth" (as "Encounter in the Dawn" in the British Edition,

, 1954) * "

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" * "

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" * " The Sentinel"

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Anthony Boucher William Anthony Parker White (August 21, 1911 – April 29, 1968), better known by his pen name Anthony Boucher (), was an American author, critic, and editor who wrote several classic mystery novels, short stories, science fiction, and radio d ...

and

J. Francis McComas Jesse Francis McComas (June 9, 1911 – April 19, 1978) was an American science fiction editor. McComas wrote several stories on his own in the 1950s using both his own name and the pseudonym Webb Marlowe. He entered publishing in 1941 as a sale ...

selected the collection as one of the best sf books of 1953, praising the stories' "humor, technical ideas, science-fictional thinking and all-around excellence."

Groff Conklin Edward Groff Conklin (September 6, 1904 – July 19, 1968) was an American science fiction anthologist. He edited 40 anthologies of science fiction, one of mystery stories (co-edited with physician Noah Fabricant), wrote books on home improvemen ...

said that "The stories are continuously fascinating" and "exhibiting their author's versatility".

P. Schuyler Miller Peter Schuyler Miller (February 21, 1912 – October 13, 1974) was an American science fiction writer and critic. Life Miller was raised in New York's Mohawk Valley, which led to a lifelong interest in the Iroquois Indians. He pursued this as ...

praised it as "an excellent collection . . . span

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the whole range of larke'stalents. Writing in the '' Hartford Courant'', reviewer R. W. Wallace declared that the stories "show larkeas a more skilled literary artist" than even his novel ''

Childhood's End ''Childhood's End'' is a 1953 science fiction novel by the British author Arthur C. Clarke. The story follows the peaceful alien invasionBooker & Thomas 2009, pp. 31–32. of Earth by the mysterious Overlords, whose arrival begins decade ...

'' had."Time and Space", ''Hartford Courant'', February 7, 1954, p.SM19

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