Publication: Profiles of the Future

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Publication: Profiles of the FuturePublication Record # 26783
Author: Arthur C. Clarke
Date: 1964-02-00
Catalog ID: H2734
Publisher: Bantam Books
Price:
$0.60^?$: US dollar
Pages: xv+235
Format:
pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
Type: NONFICTION
Notes: • Bantam edition published February 1964 • Printing not stated, no number line • The artist is not credited, no visible signature on the artwork • Printed in the US
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 50818802

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Nonfiction Title: Profiles of the Future • (1962) • nonfiction by Arthur C. Clarke

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

xi • Introduction (Profiles of the Future) • (1962) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
1 • Hazards of Prophecy: The Failure of Nerve • (1962) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
12 • Hazards of Prophecy: The Failure of Imagination • (1962) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
22 • The Future of Transport • (1962) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
37 • Riding on Air • (1962) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
46 • Beyond Gravity • (1962) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
61 • The Quest for Speed • (1962) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
70 • World Without Distance • (1962) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
82 • Rocket to the Renaissance • (1960) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
98 • You Can't Get There from Here • (1962) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
113 • Space, the Unconquerable • (1962) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
123 • About Time • (1962) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
141 • Ages of Plenty • (1962) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
156 • Aladdin's Lamp • (1962) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
163 • Invisible Men, and Other Prodigies • (1962) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
175 • The Road to Lilliput • (1962) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
186 • Voices from the Sky • (1962) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
197 • Brain and Body • (1962) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
212 • The Obsolescence of Man • (1961) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
228 • The Long Twilight • (1962) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
234 • Chart of the Future • (1962) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke

Primary Verifications

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Bluesman	2016-03-07 16:33:01	Permanent	2018-12-13
Rudam	2017-03-11 11:27:37	Permanent	2022-09-04

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Clute/Grant	N/A	Bluesman	2011-07-17 11:52:26
Clute/Nicholls	N/A	Bluesman	2011-07-17 11:52:26
Contento1 (anth/coll)	N/A	Bluesman	2011-07-17 11:52:26
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Locus1	N/A	Bluesman	2011-07-17 11:52:26
Miller/Contento	N/A	Bluesman	2011-07-17 11:52:26
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Bluesman	2011-07-17 11:52:26
Reginald1	N/A	Bluesman	2015-03-12 15:57:27
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