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The Songs of Distant Earth

Pages
338
Published
1986
Language
English

Synopsis

On the idyllic planet of Thalassa, life is peaceful until two threats emerge: a mysterious evolutionary event beneath the waves and a colossal spaceship carrying five million refugees from a dying Earth. As the ship orbits above, its arrival promises to shatter Thalassa's tranquility, bringing with it the complete cultural history of a lost world.

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Arthur C. Clarke

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke CBE FRAS was a British science fiction writer, science writer and futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host. He is famous for being co-writer of the screenplay for the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, widely considered to be one of the most influential films of all time. Clarke was a science writer, who was both an avid populariser of space travel and a futurist of uncanny ability. On these subjects he wrote over a dozen books and many essays,...

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