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The Songs of Distant Earth
Arthur C. Clarke
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Description for The Songs of Distant Earth
Paperback. From the world's most famous science fiction writer, a poignant and vivid story of doomsday and beyond. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 112 x 16. Weight in Grams: 150.
From the world's most famous science fiction writer, a poignant and vivid story of doomsday and beyond. The countdown to doomsday began with the discovery in 1956 of the neutrino, a particle with no mass and no charge. By the year 2001, the significance of this phantom particle was understood: it was a harbinger. A cosmic event was imminent, and would be close enough to touch. Soon the Sun would go nova; the demolition of Earth was assured. And so it happened in the year 3620. Over the centuries of knowing the end was ... Read more
From the world's most famous science fiction writer, a poignant and vivid story of doomsday and beyond. The countdown to doomsday began with the discovery in 1956 of the neutrino, a particle with no mass and no charge. By the year 2001, the significance of this phantom particle was understood: it was a harbinger. A cosmic event was imminent, and would be close enough to touch. Soon the Sun would go nova; the demolition of Earth was assured. And so it happened in the year 3620. Over the centuries of knowing the end was ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Voyager
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780586066232
SKU
V9780586066232
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About Arthur C. Clarke
Born in Somerset in 1917, Arthur C. Clarke has written over fifty books, among which are the science fiction classics 2001, A Space Odyssey, Childhood's End, The City and the Stars and Rendezvous With Rama. He has won all the most prestigious science fiction trophies, and shared an Oscar nomination with Stanley Kubrick for the screenplay of the film of ... Read more
Reviews for The Songs of Distant Earth
`Clarke's simple, musical style never falters in this novel, which is a sobering yet far from bleak commentary on humanity's longing for the stars. Highly recommended' Library Journal