The Songs of Distant Earth
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The Songs of Distant Earth

by Arthur C. Clarke

1986•Science fiction•240 pages

Taste attributes: science fictionrobots/ai/spacedramafresh & originalimaginaryglossyfish out of water/culture clashall consuming questhuman spirit/resilience/survival

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Boxlist takeAn otherworldly science-fiction novel, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

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4.3 / 5

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About This Book

The paradise of Thalassa is threatened by an evolutionary event brewing beneath the calm seas and by a spacecraft of refugees hovering in orbit above the planet. The arrival of a spaceship from Earth--destroyed when its sun went nova--carrying five million Earthlings in suspended animation, as well as an uncensored cultural record of Earth, threatens to destroy the paradisiacal planet of Thalassa.

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Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

Science fictionRobots/ai/spaceDramaFish out of water/culture clashAll consuming questHuman spirit/resilience/survival

Subjects

English Science fictionYoung adult fictionSpace coloniesRefugees

Details

Author
Arthur C. Clarke
Published
1986
Pages
240
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