A Meeting with Medusa

Clarke, Arthur C. "A Meeting with Medusa," Playboy Dec. 1971. Coll. The Sentinel. New York: Berkley, 1983. "Masterworks of Science Fiction and Fantasy. . . . " Illus. [S. F.] Book Club Edition. Frequently rpt., including The Best Science Fiction of the Year. Terry Carr, ed. New York: Ballantine, 1972.

Cyborg story: human brain in a housing used for Jupiter probe, the combination a step in the evolution of carbon-based organisms toward metal (cf. one stage in the evolution of the E.T.s in Clarke [and Kubrick's] 2001: A Space Odyssey novel — only, not in Kubrick [and Clarke's] film). Discussed by J. Hollow, Against the Night 156-59, q.v. under Literary Criticism.

RDE, Updated with thanks to JJPierce, 27June20