The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke

The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke by Arthur C. Clarke
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

An amazing collection of short stories. It's so vast that it's impossible to actually review it here, as it contains way too much to do it justice in just a few lines. I love that his histories are so positive about science. Most sci-fi is negative about science - we played at being gods, disaster ensues, etc... But his stories are generally about the great things we can achieve, about the wonders that we might discover, and about a brighter and better future. But towards the end, he also has some criticism of man's destructiveness, and a few disaster that might still happen if we don't improve.

One set of stories that I was particularly delighted with was the material from Tales from the White Hart, which were really funny. These stories were supposedly told by a Harry Purvis, who seemed to be an old scientist of some kind, who claimed to be privy to all sorts of peculiar and outrageous stories involving mad scientists and nutty professors. I particularly liked this character because it reminded me of another physicist named Harry who is always telling stories...

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