Transience (short story)

"Transience"
Short story by Arthur C. Clarke
Cover of the July 1949 issue of Startling Stories
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Science-fiction
Publication
Published inStartling Stories
Publication typeMagazine
Publication dateJuly 1949

"Transience" is a science fiction short story by English writer Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1949 in the magazine Startling Stories.[1] It was later collected in The Other Side of the Sky and The Nine Billion Names of God.