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Description edit
From the grandmaster of science fiction, a dozen memorable tales filled with wonder and imagination. From the Paperback edition.
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Alveron: (Rescue Party) tentacled alien, captain of the galactic survey ship S9000
- Rugon: (Rescue Party) Alveron's closest friend, S9000's deputy captain and chief of communications also a tentacled alien
- Orostron: (Rescue Party) commander of second rescue team
- Klarten: (Rescue Party) multitentacled, tripedal creature form the globular cluster at the edge of the milky way, one of the members of Orostron's rescue team
- The Hansur twins: (Rescue Party) named Hansur I and II both are members of Orostron's rescue team
- Torkalee: (Rescue Party) commander of first rescue team
- T'sinadree: (Rescue Party) a member of Torkalee's rescue team, from one of the ancient planets of the Central Suns.
- Alarkane: (Rescue Party) a member of Torkalee's rescue team, from one of the youngest races in the universe
- Palador: (Rescue Party) a member of Torkalee's rescue team, a nameless entity, part of a race of aliens that have no personal identity.
- Robert Armstrong: (A walk in the Dark) A man from earth who now travels the galaxy, never staying in one place long.
Setting & Locations edit
This is a collection of short stories so the setting changes a lot, therefore the important places below are specific to each story.
- S9000: (rescue party) An alien Galactic survey ship
- Earth: (rescue party) (The Forgotten Enemy) (Technical Error) (The Fires Within) (The Awakening) (Trouble with the Natives)
- Port Sanderson: (A walk in the Dark) A human settlement
- Canopus: (A walk in the Dark) A space ship
- Carver's Pass: (A Walk in the Dark) A mountain pass on the small barren planet.
First Sentence edit
Who was to blame?
Table of Contents edit
* Rescue Party
* A Walk In The Dark
* The Forgotten Enemy
* Technical Error
* The Parasite
* The Fires Within
* The Awakening
* Trouble With The Natives
* The Curse
* Times Arrow
* Jupiter Five
* The Possessed
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Books containing Rescue Party by Arthur C. Clarke. (community list)
This book is in Books containing A Walk in the Dark by Arthur C. Clarke. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Arthur C. Clarke (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: March 1956
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 166
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: March 1956
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 166
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PR6005.L36 R39
- Dewey: 823.914 21
Links to Supplemental Material edit
- Recue Party - Full text: full text of the short story rescue part that appears in this work.(this website is run by the publisher that owns the rights to this story and therefore is not a copyright infringement)
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