"What Goes Up" | |||
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Short story by Arthur C. Clarke | |||
Country | United Kingdom | ||
Language | English | ||
Genre(s) | Science fiction | ||
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Published in | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction | ||
Publisher | Fantasy House | ||
Publication date | January 1956 | ||
Chronology | |||
Series | Tales from the White Hart | ||
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"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".