Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds! Arthur C. Clarke, St. Martin's Press, 1999, 1st edition (Aug), 558 pages. Book; Black boards with gold lettering to spine only, one block of photos set between pages 238, 239. Author's collected non-fiction essays 1934-1998. Dust jacket; Black, white and yellow with black and white lettering and simple design with author's photo on front panel, six blurbs on back panel.