Book cover for 'Tales From Planet Earth' by Arthur C. Clarke, featuring a warm orange and brown sci-fi illustration of a figure on a beach with floating spacecraft and space debris.
A scanned book page with a tan paper background and black printed text, headed 'Preface' and 'By Isaac Asimov,' showing the interior preface of a science fiction book.
A close-up of an open book showing printed copyright and publication information on the left page, with the right page blank and warm light filtering through.
Back cover of a book titled 'Arthur C. Clarke's Prophetic Novels and Stories' with descriptive text on an orange-brown background and a sci-fi landscape illustration showing a spaceship flying over a planet.
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Book cover for 'Tales From Planet Earth' by Arthur C. Clarke, featuring a warm orange and brown sci-fi illustration of a figure on a beach with floating spacecraft and space debris.A scanned book page with a tan paper background and black printed text, headed 'Preface' and 'By Isaac Asimov,' showing the interior preface of a science fiction book.A close-up of an open book showing printed copyright and publication information on the left page, with the right page blank and warm light filtering through.Back cover of a book titled 'Arthur C. Clarke's Prophetic Novels and Stories' with descriptive text on an orange-brown background and a sci-fi landscape illustration showing a spaceship flying over a planet.

Tales from Planet Earth by Arthur C. Clarke (Vintage 1990 Legend Paperback) – Illustrated by Michael Whelan

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"Arthur C. Clarke’s prophetic novels and stories never cease to amaze us..."
Discover a rare, brilliantly curated artifact from the golden generation of speculative fiction. This 1990 UK paperback edition of Tales from Planet Earth brings together fourteen masterfully crafted short stories by grandmaster Arthur C. Clarke, exploring humanity’s intricate, deeply rooted relationship with our home planet amidst the dawn of the space age.
Opening with an incredibly charming, witty, and deeply nostalgic preface by Isaac Asimov, this volume acts as a brilliant meeting of minds between two of the "Big Three" science fiction legends.
The Visual Aesthetic:
What transforms this specific mass-market vintage edition into a highly collectible gallery piece is the wrap-around cover art and interior illustrations by Hugo Award-winning artist Michael Whelan. Whelan's iconic, surrealist palette perfectly encapsulates the meditative, expansive atmosphere of 20th-century hard science fiction, making it a beautiful visual addition to any intentional bookshelf or mid-century display.
Stories Featured Include:
  • The Road to the Sea
  • Hate
  • The Cruel Sky
  • The Deep Range
  • ...and ten other quintessential Clarke tales.
Collector's Condition:
Very Good Plus (VG+). An exceptionally well-preserved copy. The cover graphics remain vibrant with striking metallic gold embossed typography on the front wrapper. The spine is clean with minimal shelf wear. Pages show light, uniform vintage toning consistent with age, entirely free of interior markings or dog-ears. Lovingly protected in a removable, museum-grade archival sleeve to ensure long-term preservation.