The wind from the sun

I ordered this book from bibliophile, which is surprising as I usually order non-fiction titles from there. But I spotted this book, just after the death of Arthur C. Clarke was announced, and decided it was just my cup of tea. I enjoy science fiction, especially that from the late 50's and early 60's, and especially short stories. This is a collection of Clarke's stories from the 60's and 70's so seemed a good book to buy.

The stories were varied, both in length and content. Some of them were designed to be very amusing, which was good to see - so often science fiction can be a bit too earnest, so it was nice to see an author having lots of fun with it. My favourite two stories were the title story, 'The Wind from the sun' which was about a sailing race in space, and the final story, 'A Meeting with Medusa', about a manned mission to Jupiter and the weather and creatures they find there. Given the interest I had in Jupiter for my PhD it's a shame I didn't find this story years ago!

So will I keep this book? A tricky decision this. Although I enjoyed the stories I'm sure I'll want to read enough of them again to justify making room on the book shelves for it. I'll put it on bookmooch and see if someone else wants to give it a home...