For the Memoir by Farah Ahmedi, See The Other Side of the Sky: A Memoir

The Other Side of the Sky

Cover of the first edition
Author	Arthur C. Clarke
Cover artist	Edward Sorel[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Harcourt Brace
Publication date	1958
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	245
ISBN	0-451-14937-8

The Other Side of the Sky is a collection of science fiction short stories by English writer Arthur C. Clarke, originally published in 1958. The stories all originally appeared in a number of different publications.

Contents

• Bibliographical Note
• "The Nine Billion Names of God"
• "Refugee"
• The Other Side of the Sky (vignettes):
  • "Special Delivery"
  • "Feathered Friends"
  • "Take a Deep Breath"
  • "Freedom of Space"
  • "Passer-by"
  • "The Call of the Stars"
• "The Wall of Darkness"
• "Security Check"
• "No Morning After"
• Venture to the Moon (vignettes):
  • "The Starting Line"
  • "Robin Hood, F.R.S."
  • "Green Fingers"
  • "All That Glitters"
  • "Watch This Space"
  • "A Question of Residence"
• "Publicity Campaign"
• "All the Time in the World"
• "Cosmic Casanova"
• "The Star"
• "Out of the Sun"
• "Transience"
• "The Songs of Distant Earth"

Reception

Floyd C. Gale wrote that "too many [trick endings] are more than enough", but that there were "several superlative items", citing the "Venture to the Moon" and "The Other Side of the Sky" story headings.^[2] He described the paperback edition as "A double dozen of Clarke's best short-shorts, all tricky".^[3] Damon Knight, although dismissing the vignettes as "without exception remarkably trivial," reported that the other stories "include some of Clarke's best work."^[4]