What Goes Up (short story)

"What Goes Up"
Short story by Arthur C. Clarke
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Science fiction
Publication
Published inThe Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
PublisherFantasy House
Publication dateJanuary 1956
Chronology
SeriesTales from the White Hart
 
Cold War
 
Sleeping Beauty

"What Goes Up" is a science fiction short story by English writer Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1956,[1] and later anthologized in Tales from the White Hart. Like the rest of the collection, it is a frame story set in the fictional White Hart pub, where Harry Purvis narrates the secondary tale. The title is a reference to the common phrase "What goes up must come down".

  1. ^ "Bibliography: What Goes Up". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 13 December 2013.