The Awakening (short story)

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"The Awakening" is a science fiction short story by English writer Arthur C. Clarke. There are two distinct versions of this short story.^[1]

The first was originally published in Zenith Sci-fi fanzine issue number 4 in February 1942. This version was reprinted in The Best of Arthur C. Clarke. It is this version which appears in the almost complete The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke.

A revised version was published in the collection Reach For Tomorrow in 1956, individually copyrighted to 1951.