Arthur C. Clarke reads his story "The Star"

Arthur C. Clarke reads his famous story. Originally issued by Caedmon Records (TC1566) in 1978. All copyright belongs to Clarke's estate and/or whoever owns Caedmon now. New version to correct speed/pitch issues.

[@SweetBerryWine3000]

One of my favorite Arthur C. Clarke short stories.
Thank you very much for uploading this.

[@DavidLS1]

I've recommended this story many times to young readers whose minds have been made up for them by religious parents. I like to believe that it made them think for themselves, even just a little.

[@davidfleming7887]

A true classic I’ve never forgotten since I last read years ago

[@indricotherium4802]

Has such a short story ever covered so much ground?

[@joaoypsilon]

Magistral!

[@wideawake5630]

Amazing. Still my faith stands.

[@gryffinsyme6357]

so how do you reconcile the existence of evil, genuinely curious, I've never heard a satisfying explanation but I would rather work my ass off to understand than just believe that the whole idea of theodicy is a millennia-long cope

[@davidlong1786]

Free will. No life form is a robot, no matter how large or small, intelligent or simple. Everything and everyone has a choice and that gift was freely given to all.@@gryffinsyme6357

[@Hatasumi69]

​@@gryffinsyme6357There isn't one, this person won't have an answer because they're just staring into a blindspot for the sake of existential comfort. I don't say this in derision, just as a matter for fact after having a similar conversation with my father yesterday.
He still thinks all evil is necessary and that people have true choice while ignoring social and biological factors that control expression of choice.
He believes all this while attempting to excuse a truly omnipotent god from either fully embodying evil or at the very least knowingly condoning its expression to test humans, even though it already knows the choices we will make before it makes us.
He's studied theology and philosophy and it's completely depressing sometimes to see him trapped in a mental box and lashing out at others defensively when someone merely doubts the logic at play. It's an emotional impulse to believe that overrides the intellectual faculties.

[@HappyDuck-ev8nt]

Cold is the absence of heat cold doesn't exist in and of itself. Dark is the absence of light it doesn't exist in and of itself. Evil is the absence of good. This an explanation I was once offered.

[@Donleecartoons]

Evil isn't just the absence of anything. It's active.

[@EricVornoff]

4:17 / 15:05

[@Truther2001]

1:00

[@bellsTheorem1138]

The biggest of all gender reveals.

[@trudypegg437]

Eh!

[@rezzer7918]

Asinine