| Full title | The Songs of Distant Earth [permalink] |
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| Language | English |
| Author | Arthur C. Clarke (author) |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
| Categories | Novel and science fiction |
| Publication year | 1998 |
| Original publication year | 1986 |
| ISBN | 0-586-06623-3 [Amazon, B&N, Abe, Powell's] |
| Pages | 238 |
| Synopsis | The Earth is swallowed in the explosion of the Sun in the year 3620, and the novel begins with the landing of the starship Magellan on the now-colonized planet of Thalassa, a world covered almost entirely in ocean except for three closely linked islands. They need to repair their ship for their upcoming journey to their real destination, a planet called Sagan 2, which, with their millions of colonists in cryo-sleep, they hope to colonize. Almost the entirety of the novel takes place on Thalassa. |
| Review | A very beautiful novel full of memorable scenes. (The lifting of the kilometer-wide hexagonal ice blocks for the ship's shield comes to mind.) The pacing is good, the characters are well-developed, and the writing is excellent (but then again, this is a Clarke novel). |
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| Structure |
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I THALASSA
II MAGELLAN
III SOUTH ISLAND
IV KRAKAN
V THE BOUNTY SYNDROME
VI THE FORESTS OF THE SEA
VII AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARD
VIII THE SONGS OF DISTANT EARTH
IX SAGAN 2
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