Behind every man now alive stand thirty ghosts, for that is the ratio by which the dead outnumber the living. Since the dawn of time, roughly a hundred billion human beings have walked the planet Earth.

Now this is an interesting number, for by a curious coincidence there are approximately a hundred billion stars in our local universe, the Milky Way. So for every man who has ever lived, in this Universe there shines a star.

But every one of those stars is a sun, often far more brilliant and glorious than the small, nearby star we call the Sun. And many--perhaps most--of those alien suns have planets circling them. So almost certainly there is enough land in the sky to give every member of the human species, back to the first ape-man, his own private, world-sized heaven--or hell.

How many of those potential heavens and hells are now inhabited, and by what manner of creatures, we have no way of guessing; the very nearest is a million times farther away than Mars or Venus, those still remote goals of the next generation. But the barriers of distance are crumbling; one day we shall meet our equals, or our masters, among the stars.

Men have been slow to face this prospect; some still hope that it may never become reality. Increasing numbers, however are asking; 'Why have such meetings not occurred already, since we ourselves are about to venture into space?'

Why not, indeed? Here is one possible answer to that very reasonable question. But please remember: this is only a work of fiction.

The truth, as always, will be far stranger.


Arthur C. Clarke

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ARTHUR CLARKE
The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroo...
ARTHUR CLARKE
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
ARTHUR CLARKE
You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.
ARTHUR C. COXE
Watch every detail that affects the accuracy of your work.
ARTHUR C. NIELSEN
We will have bigger bureaucracies, bigger labor unions, and bigger state-run corporations. It will b...
ARTHUR C. BROOKS
Give your clients the earliest delivery consistent with quality - whatever the inconvenience to us.
ARTHUR C. NIELSEN
Whether we look at capitalism, taxes, business, or government, the data show a clear and consistent ...
ARTHUR C. BROOKS
Free enterprise is essentially a formula not just for wealth creation, but for life satisfaction.
ARTHUR C. BROOKS
The system that enables the most people to earn the most success is free enterprise, by matching up ...
ARTHUR C. BROOKS
Yes, free markets tend to produce unequal incomes. We should not be ashamed of that. On the contrary...
ARTHUR C. BROOKS
There is nothing inherently fair about equalizing incomes. If the government penalizes you for worki...
ARTHUR C. BROOKS
Generally speaking, I try not to generalize.
ADDISON C. ARTHUR
It really is impossible not to like him. His success was his failure.
ARTHUR C. DANTO
The Rockwell magazine cover was more a part of the American reality than a record of it.
ARTHUR C. DANTO
His was a landscape of amiable codgers, nurturing moms, adorable dogs, callow soldiers with hearts o...
ARTHUR C. DANTO
The Rockwell [magazine] cover was more a part of the American reality than a record of it.
ARTHUR C. DANTO
The share repurchase program reflects our confidence in the performance of Sears, and our commitment...
ARTHUR C. MARTINEZ
You could easily take some aspects of the INS, like green cards, and put that with Labor (Department...
ARTHUR C. HELTON
The people it serves have no viable recourse.
ARTHUR C. HELTON
The truth is that relative income is not directly related to happiness. Nonpartisan social-survey da...
ARTHUR C. BROOKS
Employ every economy consistent with thoroughness, accuracy and reliability.
ARTHUR C. NIELSEN
Keep the problems of clients and prospects confidential. Divulge information only with their consent...
ARTHUR C. NIELSEN
Liberals are more likely to see people as victims of circumstance and oppression, and doubt whether ...
ARTHUR C. BROOKS
Accept business only at a price permitting thoroughness. Then do a thorough job, regardless of cost ...
ARTHUR C. NIELSEN
My father has been the real anchor of the family. He's the one who has always encouraged my moth...
YVETTE CLARKE
I would put myself towards left of center.
YVETTE CLARKE
It was August 28th, 1963, and the greatest civil rights coalition in modern history had descended up...
YVETTE CLARKE
Only Congress has the authority to adequately and holistically address our broken immigration system...
YVETTE CLARKE
Good Dems are good Dems. They want a representative that really reflects their values.
YVETTE CLARKE
I have to earn re-election. That's the way I see it.
YVETTE CLARKE
We examine and highlight the history of the African descendants in America, and know that each and e...
YVETTE CLARKE
I hope that the opening of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial will be a life-altering experien...
YVETTE CLARKE
Even after facing jail, Martin Luther King, Jr. courageously and boldly spoke out against racial ine...
YVETTE CLARKE
There is no doubt that Stop-and-Frisk does not yield the desired results, and it is apparent that it...
YVETTE CLARKE
My mother taught me how to apply my own makeup at 13 years old, and the most important lesson I lear...
EMILIA CLARKE
My dad took me for an audition once, to show me, 'OK, you want to be a child actor, this is what...
EMILIA CLARKE
After my last audition for 'Game of Thrones,' they said, 'Congratulations, princess.'...
EMILIA CLARKE
I went on iTunes and looked at versions of Christmas songs. Everyone has done them!
VINCE CLARKE
I used to do all my programming on a BBC computer. It was limited to 16 tracks, and you used the key...
VINCE CLARKE
When we start to write for a new record, we never really know what we're doing. We don't com...
VINCE CLARKE
I'm a lover of songs.
VINCE CLARKE
I started writing songs at age 15.
VINCE CLARKE
When I was 20, I thought anyone in the music business over 25 is past it. Then at 30, you think anyo...
VINCE CLARKE
I'm actually doing a show. from my shed. on the internet. but it won't be music or anything,...
VINCE CLARKE
Collaboration is no longer painful - or precious.
VINCE CLARKE
With a track like 'White Christmas,' everybody has done that song in every format you can im...
VINCE CLARKE
I was offered and accepted a part in 'A Few Best Men,' and then the Australian actor's u...
NOEL CLARKE
The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, said an eminent scholar, have God for their Author, the...
ADAM CLARKE
Even papists could not see that a moral evil was detained in the soul through its physical connectio...
ADAM CLARKE
The words contained in it were inspired by the Holy Spirit into the minds of faithful men, called Pr...
ADAM CLARKE
And hence he must be invisible; for a spirit cannot be seen by the eye of man: nor is there any thin...
ADAM CLARKE
As preachers of the gospel of Jesus, do not expect worldly honors: these Jesus Christ neither took t...
ADAM CLARKE
He who is completely sanctified, or cleansed from all sin, and dies in this state, is fit for glory.
ADAM CLARKE
But this Christ or Redeemer took not upon him the nature of angels, but the seed of Abraham, that is...
ADAM CLARKE
Now it would be as absurd to deny the existence of God, because we cannot see him, as it would be to...
ADAM CLARKE
Many talk much, and indeed well, of what Christ has done for us: but how little is spoken of what he...
ADAM CLARKE
To be filled with God is a great thing, to be filled with the fullness of God is still greater; to b...
ADAM CLARKE
However, all gifts seem now to be absorbed in one and a man must be either a Preacher or nothing.
ADAM CLARKE
Now an infinite happiness cannot be purchased by any price less than that which is infinite in value...
ADAM CLARKE
Deeply consider that it is your duty and interest to read the Holy Scriptures.
ADAM CLARKE
If you go forward in the spirit of the original apostles and followers of Jesus Christ, trusting not...
ADAM CLARKE
It is to be regretted that few persons who have arrived at any degree of eminence or fame, have writ...
ADAM CLARKE
Man may be considered as having a twofold origin - natural, which is common and the same to all - pa...
ADAM CLARKE
It is the grace of God, that shows and condemns the sin that humbles us.
ADAM CLARKE
Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility.
ADAM CLARKE
Few men can be said to have inimitable excellencies: let us watch them in their progress from infanc...
ADAM CLARKE
The Bible is proved to be a revelation from God, by the reasonableness and holiness of its precepts;...
ADAM CLARKE
If you be faithful, you will have that honor that comes from God: his Spirit will say in your hearts...
ADAM CLARKE
Prayer requires more of the heart than of the tongue.
ADAM CLARKE