Against the Fall of Night
by Arthur C. Clarke | 
The Light of Other Days
by Arthur C. Clarke | 
Rescue Party
by Arthur C. Clarke | 
The Hammer of God
by Arthur C. Clarke | 
Imperial Earth
by Arthur C. Clarke | 
The Sands of Mars
by Arthur C. Clarke | 
Earthlight
by Arthur C. Clarke | 
Islands in the Sky
by Arthur C. Clarke | 
Prelude to Space
by Arthur C. Clarke | 
Technical Error
by Arthur C. Clarke | 
Richter 10
by Arthur C. Clarke | 
The Parasite
by Arthur C. Clarke |
A Walk in the Dark
by Arthur C. Clarke |
Tales from the Spaceport Bar
by Arthur C. Clarke |
Jupiter
by Arthur C. Clarke |
The Farthest Reaches
by Arthur C. Clarke |
Science Fiction Stories
by Arthur C. Clarke | 
Rendezvous with Rama
by Arthur C. Clarke | 
Childhood's End
by Arthur C. Clarke | 
Contact
by Carl Sagan |
This story takes place about 100 years in the future, when the earth's population is fed principally from the sea--on whale products or from plankton farms. Its hero is Walter Franklin, a grounded space engineer now assigned to a submarine patrol tending the whale herds.