“Patent Pending”
1954-11-00
short story
By Arthur C. Clarke
1954-11-00
short story
By Arthur C. Clarke
Alternate Titles:
“The Invention”
Tales from the White Hart
Synopsis
History
First publication: Adventure, November 1954
Review
Videos
We have the story in these editions:
The Nine Billion Names of God, paperback, Signet, 1978-00-00
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke, hardcover, Tor, 2001-02-00
Tales from the “White Hart”, paperback, Del Rey, 1981-02-00
All of the stories in the Tales from the White Hart series:
Critical Mass
Silence, Please!
Armaments Race
Patent Pending
What Goes Up
The Pacifist
The Reluctant Orchid
The Next Tenants
The Man Who Ploughed the Sea
Big Game Hunt
Cold War
Moving Spirit
Sleeping Beauty
The Defenestration of Ermintrude Inch
The Ultimate Melody
Let There Be Light
Time Gentlemen Please