The Collected Stories-Volume IV A Meeting With Medusa # SSC

✍ Scribed by Clarke, Arthur C

• Book ID: 108585650
• Publisher: RosettaBooks
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 191 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

In leading an expedition through the many-layered Jovian atmosphere in the hydrogen balloon craft Kon-Tiki , Captain Howard Falcon discovers a world where bioluminescent air plankton produce brilliant atmospheric sea-fire, predatory manta-ray creatures dominate the skies, and enormous jellyfish-like beings grow to be over a mile across.

The title story of this fourth collection from one of the genre's most celebrated authors ends with a twist--that leaves the reader questioning what it means to be human. This collection contains some of the author's most acclaimed short fiction, including "Cosmic Casanova" and "Sleeping Beauty"--stories that delight, surprise, and lead readers to ask big questions about humanity's role in the cosmos.