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FROM: Suzanne Pontius <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 12/20/04, 10:48 AM

Dear FictionLers--Someone on this list is sure to know
this story: the story is about a space explorer coming
to a planet on which the civilization has been
destroyed by its star going nova (I think). He works
out that the resulting light would have been seen on
earth at the time of Jesus' birth. Maybe the story is
by Arthur C. Clarke?
Thanks everybody--and happy holidays.
Suzanne Pontius
Preble County District Library
Eaton, Ohio


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FROM: "Elizabeth Bonney" <[removed]@hublib.lib.nj.us>
REC'D: 12/20/04, 10:53 AM

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Suzanne Pontius <[removed]@yahoo.com>
>Dear FictionLers--Someone on this list is sure to know
>this story: the story is about a space explorer coming
>to a planet on which the civilization has been
>destroyed by its star going nova (I think). He works
>out that the resulting light would have been seen on
>earth at the time of Jesus' birth. Maybe the story is
>by Arthur C. Clarke?

Yes, it's Clarke's story "The Star," and it's widely anthologized, so it should be easy to find a copy.

--
Elizabeth Bonney
Somerset County Library
Bridgewater, NJ
--

FROM: "Sarah Stein" <[removed]@denver.lib.co.us>
REC'D: 12/20/04, 11:04 AM

Yes it was Clarke and called The star. Here is some info:

Star, The
Originally broadcast: December 20, 1985

episode of The New Twilight Zone

Based on:

"The Star" (November, 1955) by Arthur C. Clarke
1956 Hugo for Short Story
Also known as "Star of Bethlehem"
Published in Infinity Science Fiction magazine
Collected in The Other Side of the Sky (1958) by Arthur C. Clarke
Collected in From the Ocean, From the Stars (1961) by Arthur C. Clarke
Collected in A Century of Science Fiction (1962) edited by Damon Knight
Collected in The Hugo Winners, Volume 1 (1962) edited by Isaac Asimov
Collected in Best SF 5 (1963) edited by Edmund Crispin
Collected in Second Orbit (1965) edited by G.D. Doherty
Collected in Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science Fiction (1966) edited by Terry Carr
Collected in Science Fiction (1967) edited by S.H. Burton
Collected in The Nine Billion Names of God (1967) by Arthur C. Clarke
Collected in Infinity #1 (1970) edited by Robert Hoskins
Collected in Science Fictions (1971) edited by Arnold Thompson
Collected in Speculations (1973) edited by Thomas E. Sanders
Collected in The Best of Arthur C. Clarke: 1937-1971 (1973) by Arthur C. Clarke
Collected in Modern Science Fiction (1974) edited by Norman Spinrad
Collected in Outwards from Earth (1974) edited by Edmund Crispin
Collected in Decade the 1950s (1976) edited by Brian W. Aldiss, Harry Harrison
Collected in To Follow a Star (1977) edited by Terry Carr
Collected in Fantastic Worlds (1979) edited by Eric S. Rabkin
Collected in Peter Davison's Book of Alien Planets (1983) edited by Peter Davison
Collected in Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology (1983) edited by Eric S. Rabkin
Collected in The Twelve Frights of Christmas (1986) edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh
Collected in Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories: 17 (1955) (1988) edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg
Collected in Thought Probes: Philosophy Through Science Fiction Literature, Second Edition (1988) edited by Fred D. Miller, Jr., Nicholas D. Smith
Collected in More Than One Universe: The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (1991) by Arthur C. Clarke
Collected in New Stories from the Twilight Zone (1991) edited by Martin H. Greenberg
Collected in Christmas Stars (1992) edited by David G. Hartwell
Collected in How The World Was One (1992) edited by Arthur C. Clarke
Collected in The Ascent of Wonder (1994) edited by David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer
Collected in The Road to Science Fiction Volume 5: The British Way (1998) edited by James E. Gunn
Collected in The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 2 (2000) edited by Frederik Pohl
Collected in The Collected Stories (2001) by Arthur C. Clarke
Collected in The Young Oxford Book of Christmas Stories (2001) edited by Dennis Pepper

Hope that helps,

Sarah

>>> [removed]@yahoo.com 12/20/2004 9:39:40 AM >>>
Dear FictionLers--Someone on this list is sure to know
this story: the story is about a space explorer coming
to a planet on which the civilization has been
destroyed by its star going nova (I think). He works
out that the resulting light would have been seen on
earth at the time of Jesus' birth. Maybe the story is
by Arthur C. Clarke?
Thanks everybody--and happy holidays.
Suzanne Pontius
Preble County District Library
Eaton, Ohio


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Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today!
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