Prelude to Space is a science fiction novel written by British author Arthur C. Clarke in 1947. It appeared for the first time in 1951 as a paperback from World Editions Inc, as number three in its series of Galaxy novels.
Prelude to Space has also been published under the titles Master of Space and The Space Dreamers.
Reception
Groff Conklin characterized Prelude as a "genuinely effective 'documentary of tomorrow'". Boucher and McComas praised the novel, saying that Clarke handled scientific detail "with so sensitive a poetic understanding that this simple factual narrative is more absorbing than the most elaborately plotted galactic epic." P. Schuyler Miller reviewed it favorably, citing its "documentary quality" and "many of the poetic bits" that mark Clarke's work.
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External links
- Prelude to Space at the Internet Archive