Editing Reach for Tomorrow

{{Short description|1956 collection of science fiction short stories by Arthur C. Clarke}}
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'''''Reach for Tomorrow''''' is a 1956 collection of [[science fiction]] [[short story|short stories]] by British writer [[Arthur C. Clarke]]. All the stories  originally appeared in a number of different publications.

==Contents==
This collection includes:

*"Preface"
*"[[Rescue Party (short story)|Rescue Party]]"
*"A Walk in the Dark"
*"[[The Forgotten Enemy]]"
*"[[Technical Error]]"
*"The Parasite"
*"The Fires Within"
*"[[The Awakening (Arthur C Clarke short story)|The Awakening]]"
*"[[Trouble with the Natives (Arthur C Clarke short story)|Trouble With the Natives]]"
*"[[The Curse (Arthur C Clarke short story)|The Curse]]"
*"[[Time's Arrow (short story)|Time's Arrow]]"
*"[[Jupiter Five (Arthur C Clarke short story)|Jupiter Five]]"
*"[[The Possessed (Arthur C Clarke short story)|The Possessed]]"

==Reception==
''[[Galaxy Science Fiction|Galaxy]]'' reviewer Floyd C. Gale described the collection as "an excellent cross-section of the art of one of science fiction's foremost exponents."<ref>"Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf", ''[[Galaxy Science Fiction]]'', September 1955, p.110</ref> [[Anthony Boucher]], however, characterized most of the shorter pieces as inferior work, excluded from Clarke's previous collection, but praised two (unspecified) novelettes as "uniquely authentic Clarke."<ref>"Recommended Reading," ''[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|F&SF]]'', July 1956, p.94.</ref>

==References==
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==Sources==
*{{Cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=[[Advent (publisher)|Advent]] | pages=102 | year=1974|isbn=0-911682-20-1}}

== External links ==
* {{isfdb title|30253}}
* [https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17396W/Reach_for_Tomorrow Open Library's entry for Reach for Tomorrow]

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