Songs of Distant Earth A Novel

by CLARKE, ARTHUR C.

• ISBN13: 9780345322401
• ISBN10: 0345322401
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1987-04-12
• Publisher: Del Rey

Summary

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....

Author Biography

Arthur C. Clarke has long been considered the greatest science fiction writer of all time and was an international treasure in many other ways, including the fact that an article by him in 1945 led to the invention of satellite technology. Books by Clarke—both fiction and nonfiction—have sold more than one hundred million copies worldwide. He died in 2008.

Table of Contents

Author's Note
Thalassa
The Beach at Tarna	p. 3
The Little Neutral One	p. 7
Village Council	p. 9
Tocsin	p. 15
Night Ride	p. 18
Magellan
Planetfall	p. 31
Lords of the Last Days	p. 37
Remembrance of Love Lost	p. 43
The Quest for Superspace	p. 47
South Island
First Contact	p. 55
Delegation	p. 61
Heritage	p. 70
Task Force	p. 74
Mirissa	p. 76
Terra Nova	p. 81
Party Games	p. 84
Chain of Command	p. 91
Kumar	p. 96
Pretty Polly	p. 98
Idyll	p. 109
Krakan
Academy	p. 119
Krakan	p. 131
Ice Day	p. 138
Archive	p. 142
Scorp	p. 151
Snowflake Rising	p. 157
Mirror of the Past	p. 162
The Sunken Forest	p. 166
Sabra	p. 172
Child of Krakan	p. 175
The Bounty Syndrome
Petition	p. 187
Clinic	p. 191
Tides	p. 194
Shipnet	p. 196
Convalescence	p. 200
Kilimanjaro	p. 203
In Vino Veritas	p. 206
Debate	p. 211
The Leopard in the Snows	p. 220
Confrontation	p. 224
Pillow Talk	p. 228
Survivor	p. 231
Interrogation	p. 236
The Forests of the Sea
Spyball	p. 245
Bait	p. 248
Whatever Gods May Be...	p. 253
As The Sparks Fly Upward
Ascension	p. 263
Decision	p. 271
Fire on the Reef	p. 275
The Songs of Distant Earth
Shield of Ice	p. 281
Relic	p. 284
The Songs of Distant Earth	p. 286
The Golden Mask	p. 291
Valediction	p. 301
Departure	p. 303
Below the Interface	p. 308
Sagan Two
The Voices of Time	p. 313
Chronology	p. 314
Bibliographical Note	p. 316
Acknowledgments	p. 317
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