{"description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "This collection of Clarke\u2019s work was originally published in 1953, when it was selected as one of the best science fiction books of the year by Boucher and McComas. It contains many short stories that would later become classics, including \u201cThe Sentinel\u201d\u2014the basis for the later classic 2001: A Space Odyssey.\r\n\r\nThese stories present a brilliant showcase of Clarke\u2019s many-layered approach to the moral dilemmas of scientific advancement\u2014from the thrilling and brutal \u201cBreaking Strain\u201d to the more poetic and thoughtful \u201cSecond Dawn.\u201d This collection represents a tour-de-force of science fiction storytelling sure to delight fans of Clarke\u2019s work and the SF genre.\r\n\r\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\r\n\r\nClarke is widely revered as one of the most influential science fiction writers of the 20th century, esteemed alongside Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein, a trio known informally as the \u201cBig Three.\u201d Before his death in 2008, he authored more than 100 novels, novellas, and short story collections and laid the groundwork for science fiction as we know it today. Combining scientific knowledge and visionary literary aptitude, Clarke\u2019s work explored the implications of major scientific discoveries in astonishingly inventive and mystical settings.\r\n\r\nClarke\u2019s short stories and novels have won numerous Hugo and Nebula Awards, have been translated into more than 30 languages, and have sold millions of copies worldwide. Several of his books, including 2001: A Space Odyssey and 2010: Odyssey II, have been adapted into films that still stand as classic examples of the genre. Without a doubt, Arthur C. Clarke is one of the most important voices in contemporary science fiction literature.\r\n\r\nStory Index:\r\nSecond Dawn\r\nIf I Forget Thee, Oh Earth\r\nBreaking Strain\r\nHistory Lesson\r\nSuperiority\r\nExile of the Eons\r\nHide-and-Seek\r\nExpedition to Earth\r\nLoophole\r\nInheritance\r\nThe Sentinel"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2020-09-19T00:54:29.430290"}, "title": "Expedition to Earth", "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2009-10-08T18:30:11.514899"}, "covers": [209561], "first_publish_date": "1953", "subject_people": ["Stanley Kubrick"], "key": "/works/OL17410W", "authors": [{"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL2623461A"}}], "latest_revision": 16, "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "subjects": ["Breaking Strain", "Loophole", "Inheritance", "Hide-and-Seek", "Second Dawn", "Exile of the Eons", "The Sentinel", "Superiority", "History Lesson", "Expedition to Earth", "short stories", "If I Forget Thee Oh Earth", "Fiction, science fiction, general", "English Science fiction"], "revision": 16}