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| From | a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | rec.arts.sf.written, alt.books.arthur-clarke |
| Subject | Re: "Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke - "Death and the Senator" |
| Date | 2018-08-13 19:32 -0700 |
| Organization | NewsGuy.com |
| Message-ID | <pktevm02i00@news4.newsguy.com> (permalink) |
| References | <pkqhqj0198q@news1.newsguy.com> <265cc5c8-29cd-4d20-893e-033512ab8223@googlegroups.com> |
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On 8/13/2018 12:10 PM, William Hyde wrote: > On Sunday, August 12, 2018 at 8:02:51 PM UTC-4, a425couple wrote: >> Over in my old thread, "OT opinion - Sorry Nerds--", >> "desiege" mentioned "Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke >> >> That is one I had never heard of and it was not in my books. >> It was quite interesting. >> >> I read it from here: >> http://www.gdhsenglish.com/thompson/assets/pdfs/ENG3U1%20pdf's/Short%20Stories/BEFORE%20EDEN.pdf >> >> One can listen to it (Helps me keep on track) from here: >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQHwIdST2PQ >> >> And here, is a synopsis of it: >> http://thescifidigest.blogspot.com/2012/04/before-eden-arthur-c-clarke.html >> ----- >> or >> https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22608644-before-eden >> >> one comment is "One of the overlooked gems of Clarke's oeuvre. >> A very atmospheric first contact story, with a really unexpected >> (and cautionary) twist ending. Though the past or present existence >> of life on Venus is a big enigma, this is a great bit of hard SF on >> the topic. Read it (or listen to it) with an open mind and you'll >> be pleasantly surprised." > > In 1961 Clarke published three stories which are (IMO) very good, and quite different from his usual work. > > "Before Eden" "Death and the Senator" and "Hate" take a darker view of the world than Clarke generally did, before or after. This doesn't - as far as I know, correlate with any negative event in Clarke' life. > > Perhaps is was a conscious attempt to expand his range as a writer. If so, it worked. He might have gone on in this vein, but the next year he caught Polio, and soon after that 2001 began to take up most of his fiction writing time. > William Hyde That is an interesting observation. I prefer his most common, fairly optimistic side. Back in 6-20-2017 in this newsgroup I posted some of my opinions on the short story "Hate". Nobody responded. I have not read his "Death and the Senator". Thank you for mentioning it. I will now read it at http://krypton.mnsu.edu/~jp5985fj/courses/230/DeathandtheSenatorAS_9417320.pdf and one can listen to it at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXQoPwK1zYk&list=PLosJVqUo1OacaeJpgTJqn93bRPBnw0_F-&index=15 (but it is over 50 minutes long,,,,.)
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"Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> - 2018-08-12 17:02 -0700
Re: "Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2018-08-13 12:10 -0700
Re: "Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke "Michael F. Stemper" <michael.stemper@gmail.com> - 2018-08-13 14:31 -0500
Re: "Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-08-13 20:25 +0000
Re: "Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-08-13 21:27 +0000
Re: "Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-08-13 14:49 -0700
Re: "Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-08-13 23:41 +0000
Re: "Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2018-08-13 21:57 -0400
Re: "Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke - "Death and the Senator" a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> - 2018-08-13 19:32 -0700
Re: "Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke desiegel60@gmail.com - 2018-08-14 13:14 -0700
Re: "Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-08-14 20:40 +0000
Re: "Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-08-31 07:17 -0500
Re: "Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2018-08-15 12:42 -0700
Re: "Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke frank.scrooby@gmail.com - 2018-08-15 00:26 -0700
Re: "Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-08-15 01:18 -0700
Re: "Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke frank.scrooby@gmail.com - 2018-08-15 01:53 -0700
Re: "Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-08-15 02:11 -0700
Re: "Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke frank.scrooby@gmail.com - 2018-08-15 03:35 -0700
Re: "Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke Lawrence Watt-Evans <misenchantedpress@gmail.com> - 2018-08-15 10:11 -0400
Re: "Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-08-15 13:15 -0700
Re: "Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke Lawrence Watt-Evans <misenchantedpress@gmail.com> - 2018-08-16 10:17 -0400
Re: "Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke hamish.laws@gmail.com - 2018-08-15 16:57 -0700
Re: "Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-08-16 00:11 +0000
Re: "Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-08-16 00:25 +0000
Re: "Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke desiegel60@gmail.com - 2018-08-16 09:47 -0700
Re: "Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke - into stowaway a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> - 2018-09-03 20:10 -0700
Re: "Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke - into stowaway a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> - 2018-09-03 20:38 -0700
Re: "Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke Jack Bohn <jack.bohn64@gmail.com> - 2018-08-15 07:27 -0700
Re: "Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-08-15 13:06 -0700
Re: "Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-08-15 15:56 -0700
Re: "Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke "Michael F. Stemper" <michael.stemper@gmail.com> - 2018-08-16 12:22 -0500
Re: "Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-08-16 16:16 -0700
Re: "Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-08-15 13:57 +0000
Re: "Before Eden" a short story by Arthur Clarke Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-08-15 15:49 -0700
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