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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780345322401
ISBN: 0345322401
Label: Del Rey
Manufacturer: Del Rey
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: April 12, 1987
Publisher: Del Rey
Release Date: April 12, 1987
Sales Rank: 54318
Studio: Del Rey
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Thalassa was a paradise above the earth. Its beauty and vast resources seduce its inhabitants into a feeling of perfection. But then the Magellan arrives, carrying with it one million refugees from the last mad days of earth. Paradise looks indeed lost....
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I can state, after TSODE, that ACC is an excellent writer- well beyond the genre he's best known for. That said, it's easy to see why even hardcore sci fi fans might not be drawn to him in the way they are to the more pulpy Frank Herbert- descendent of the Jules Verne, HG Wells, Edgar Rice Burroughs vein, the more accessible Philip K. Dick, or the more stoic Isaac Asimov. In all of his books ACC is more of a visionary than a storyteller. His characters are merely ins to the greater tale that he sets ... Read More
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The novels of Arthur Clarke have a depth to them that few other authors have. While he does occasionally invent some physics in order to further the plot, the vast majority of the time he stays within the actual or at least plausible realms.
In this story, scientists discover that the apparent deficiency in neutrino emission from the sun is real and an indicator that the sun will eventually explode, consuming the Earth. Humanity's reaction is to build giant space arks that take the essence of ... Read More
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The basic premise of the book is tantalizing enough - Man seeks to colonize distant stars as Earth is consumed by the sun. Unfortunately, the book is poorly executed. Characters are hastily constructed with little or no depth. Love triangles have a sterile feel that lets you shrug your shoulders and care for no party in particular. While the ambiance of the novel is attractive enough - interstellar travel, a space elevator cameo, a new planet to explore - the actual action occurring within the setting ... Read More
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I picked up this book thinking I was going to get to read Clarke's vision of the End of the Earth. I had previously read some of his other books and knew what to expect of his style. This, I thought, would be an intriguing look at the future of Earth when faced with impending destruction, as told by one of the great masters of the genre.
WRONG. This book picks up on a colony of humans living on an ocean world a thousand years after the destruction of Earth. They are visited early on by some of ... Read More
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Songs of Distant Earth is in my Top 5 sci-fi books of all time...Great concept, heart-wrenching at times..Mike Oldfield actually wrote music for this book (the cd has the same title). Need I say more?
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