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"'''Transience'''" is a [[science fiction]] short story by English writer [[Arthur C. Clarke|Arthur C. Clarke]], first published in 1949 in the magazine ''[[Startling Stories]]''.<ref>{{isfdb title|56748}}</ref> It was later collected in ''[[The Other Side of the Sky]]'' and ''[[The Nine Billion Names of God (collection)|The Nine Billion Names of God]]''. |
"'''Transience'''" is a [[science fiction]] short story by English writer [[Arthur C. Clarke|Arthur C. Clarke]], first published in 1949 in the magazine ''[[Startling Stories]]''.<ref>{{isfdb title|56748}}</ref> It was later collected in ''[[The Other Side of the Sky]]'' and ''[[The Nine Billion Names of God (collection)|The Nine Billion Names of God]]''. |
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The story is told through scenes of three children playing on the same beach on Earth, but across vast gulfs of time. |
The story is told through scenes of three children playing on the same beach on Earth, but across vast gulfs of time. |
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The first, a child exploring his world, in [[prehistoric]] times, the second a child from the [[[20th century]] and the third from the far distant future.<ref>[http://arthur-clarke-fansite.blogspot.com/2007/04/short-story-review-transience-by-arthur.html Arthur C. Clarke Fansite], Tuesday, April 17, 2007.</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 13:33, 19 August 2019
"Transience" is a science fiction short story by English writer Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1949 in the magazine Startling Stories.[1] It was later collected in The Other Side of the Sky and The Nine Billion Names of God.
The story is told through scenes of three children playing on the same beach on Earth, but across vast gulfs of time.
The first, a child exploring his world, in prehistoric times, the second a child from the [[[20th century]] and the third from the far distant future.[2]
References
- ^ Transience title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- ^ Arthur C. Clarke Fansite, Tuesday, April 17, 2007.
External links
- Transience title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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