Improving the Neighbourhood

Short story by Arthur C. Clarke From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Improving the Neighbourhood" is a science fiction short story by English writer Arthur C. Clarke. It was first published in Nature on 4 November 1999 and was the first piece of science fiction Nature ever published. It is also the last story included in The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke, where it is dedicated to Dr. Pons and Dr. Fleischmann.

LanguageEnglish
Published inNature
Publication typeMagazine
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"Improving the Neighbourhood"
Short story by Arthur C. Clarke
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
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Published inNature
Publication typeMagazine
Publication date4 November 1999
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
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The story is written as a monologue and tells of the development of a civilization and a disaster which destroys them when they are on the verge of abandoning their "clumsy chemically fuelled bodies and thus achieve multiple connectivity."[1]

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