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Title: Songs of Distant Earth by Arthur C. Clarke ISBN: 0-345-32240-1 Publisher: Del Rey Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.39 (67 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Arthur C. Clarke's vision of Star Trek
Comment: In his author's foreword, Arthur C. Clarke writes that this is his vision of the "space opera" or Star Trek, and here he uses real science to give us a more realistic view of inter steller travel. No Warp Six could get you to another solar system in just a week's time. The actual travel would last several centuries. Hence this book deals with the last races of man who travel to another solar system to begin a new life, after Earth's sun goes Nova. They land for refueling and rest on a planet called Thalassa where human beings have already lived for 300 years, and this clash of cultures could alter the planet's culture in very harmful and unseen ways. Great book. Should also be made into a movie.
Rating: 5
Summary: Very good, Mr. Clarke
Comment: I found this book to be not so much science fiction, but, rather a story about how we relate to each other. I don't know about everyone else, but I found it also to be a bittersweet story. It begins with the last spaceship from Earth (before our Sun goes supernova) with the last humans aboard arriving at a "seed" planet where humans were planted seven hundred years earlier. The story goes on to explore the differences between the Thalassans and these "strangers from the sky," before they continue on to their destination planet. Principally, it is the relationship between Loren Lorensen, Lt. Commander of the spaceship; Marissa, a beautiful Thalassan who thirsts for knowledge (and Loren); and Brant, her Thalassan "significant other." While Clarke writes that the Thalassans say they have done away with Jealousy, Lust and Fidelity in order to better mankind, don't you believe it. I read this book several months ago and I still can not stop thinking about. It is thoroughly enjoyable and I highly reccomend it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Space opera and sci-fi high tech at its finest!
Comment: No one claiming to be a sci-fi lover could read this book and not be utterly fascinated by its realistic tale regarding our sun going nova in a few thousand years, forcing humanity to set out in suspended animation for the stars. Landing on a paradisical world, Thalassa, wherein a clash of cultures takes place to intensify the conflict and, thus, add this great book to many others: "Stranger in a Strange Land", "Puppet Masters", "2001", "2010", "Rendezvous with Rama", "Ringworld", all the "Star Trek" and "Star Wars" books, as well as books as new to the genre as "Advent of the Corps" and others.
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Title: The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke ISBN: 0446677949 Publisher: Aspect Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke, Ballantine Books ISBN: 0345347951 Publisher: Del Rey Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1987 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke ISBN: 0553287893 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 December, 1990 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The City and the Stars and the Sands of Mars by Arthur C. Clarke ISBN: 0446677965 Publisher: Aspect Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Hammer of God by Arthur C. Clarke ISBN: 055356871X Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 November, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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