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The story delves into the cultural and emotional impact of the distant Earth’s demise on both sets of colonists, and how humans from two different worlds and societies interact with each other. The novel explores apocalyptic , atheistic , and utopian ideas, as well as the effects of long-term interstellar travel , high technology, and extra ...
- Arthur Charles Clarke
- 1986
Apr 12, 1987 · The Songs of Distant Earth. Mass Market Paperback – April 12, 1987. by Arthur C. Clarke (Author) 2,151. See all formats and editions. From the New York Times bestselling author of the Space Odyssey series comes a dazzling adventure of exploration and paradise lost.
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- Arthur C. Clarke
Jan 1, 2001 · In The Songs of Distant Earth, renowned author Arthur C. Clarke evokes sentiments of bittersweet sadness by ruminating upon a postulated loss of Earth and upon the vanishing insignificance of individual lives in the context of timescales measured by centuries and millenia.
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The Songs of Distant Earth is the sixteenth studio album by English musician, songwriter and producer Mike Oldfield, released on 21 November 1994 by WEA. It is a concept album based on the 1986 science fiction novel The Songs of Distant Earth by Arthur C. Clarke. The album reached No. 24 on the UK Albums Chart.
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Mar 12, 1986 · by Arthur C. Clarke (Author) 4.3 2,133 ratings. See all formats and editions. When the Magellan, the last refugee ship to have left Earth before its destruction, arrives at Thalassa, the people of Thalassa fear that the ship's millions of refugees will want to settle on their small world. Read more.
- Arthur C. Clarke
Additional themes include human survival, adaptation, and the challenges of starting anew on an alien world. The Songs of Distant Earth is a 1986 science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke, based upon his 1958 short story of the same title.
