The Songs Of Distant Earth

Author : Arthur C. Clarke
Publisher : Rosetta Books
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780795325847

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The Songs of Distant Earth by Arthur C. Clarke Pdf

Earth refugees threaten a peaceful space settlement in this influential novel from the Golden Age science fiction author of 2001: A Space Odyssey. More than two thousand years in the future, a small human colony thrives on the ocean paradise of Thalassa—sent there centuries ago to continue the human race before Earth’s destruction. Thalassa’s resources are vast—and the human colony has lived a bucolic life there. But their existence is threatened when the spaceship Magellan arrives on their world—carrying one million refugees from Earth, fleeing the dying planet. Reputed to be Arthur C. Clarke’s favorite novel, The Songs of Distant Earth addresses several fascinating scientific questions unresolved in their time—including the question of why so few neutrinos from the sun have been measured on Earth. In addition, Clarke presents an inventive depiction of the use of vacuum energy to power spacecraft—and the technical logistics of space travel near the speed of light. “Clarke’s simple, musical style never falters in this sobering yet far from bleak commentary on humanity’s longing for the stars. Highly recommended.” —Library Journal

Author : Arthur C. Clarke,Jennifer Bassett
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2007-12-27
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0194791866

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Oxford Bookworms Library: Stage 4: The Songs of Distant Earth and Other Stories by Arthur C. Clarke,Jennifer Bassett Pdf

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Author : Arthur C. Clarke
Publisher : RosettaBooks
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780795324970

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Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke Pdf

In the Retro Hugo Award–nominated novel that inspired the Syfy miniseries, alien invaders bring peace to Earth—at a grave price: “A first-rate tour de force” (The New York Times). In the near future, enormous silver spaceships appear without warning over mankind’s largest cities. They belong to the Overlords, an alien race far superior to humanity in technological development. Their purpose is to dominate Earth. Their demands, however, are surprisingly benevolent: end war, poverty, and cruelty. Their presence, rather than signaling the end of humanity, ushers in a golden age . . . or so it seems. Without conflict, human culture and progress stagnate. As the years pass, it becomes clear that the Overlords have a hidden agenda for the evolution of the human race that may not be as benevolent as it seems. “Frighteningly logical, believable, and grimly prophetic . . . Clarke is a master.” —Los Angeles Times

Author : Michael Whelan
Publisher : Bantam Dell Publishing Group
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Art
ISBN : 0553074474

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The Art of Michael Whelan by Michael Whelan Pdf

Award-winning artist Whelan has illustrated the work of almost every major author in speculative fiction. Here are featured all the artist's major recent paintings, as well as a series of 25 never-before-seen works produced especially for this book. Over 100 full-color reproductions.

Author : Kathleen Dean Moore
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-22
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781640095304

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Earth's Wild Music by Kathleen Dean Moore Pdf

At once joyous and somber, this thoughtful gathering of new and selected essays spans Kathleen Dean Moore's distinguished career as a tireless advocate for environmental activism in the face of climate change. In this meditation on the music of the natural world, Moore celebrates the call of loons, howl of wolves, bellow of whales, laughter of children, and shriek of frogs, even as she warns of the threats against them. Each group of essays moves, as Moore herself has been moved, from celebration to lamentation to bewilderment and finally to the determination to act in defense of wild songs and the creatures who sing them. Music is the shivering urgency and exuberance of life ongoing. In a time of terrible silencing, Moore asks, who will forgive us if we do not save nature's songs?

Author : Arthur C. Clarke
Publisher : Rosetta Books
Page : 1575 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780795349737

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The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke by Arthur C. Clarke Pdf

Six decades of fascinating stories from the legendary “colossus of science fiction” and creator of 2001: A Space Odyssey gathered in one compendium (The New Yorker). Arthur C. Clarke, along with H. G. Wells, Isaac Asimov, and Robert A. Heinlein, was a definitive voice in twentieth century science fiction. A prophetic thinker, undersea explorer, and “one of the true geniuses of our time,” Clarke not only won the highest science fiction honors, the Nebula and Hugo Awards, but also received nominations for an Academy Award and the Nobel Peace Prize, and was knighted for his services to literature (Ray Bradbury). Now, more than one hundred works of the sci-fi master’s short fiction are available in the “single-author collection of the decade” (Booklist, starred review). This definitive edition includes early work such as “Rescue Party” and “The Lion of Comarre,” classics like “The Nine Billion Names of God” and “The Sentinel” (which was the kernel of the later novel and movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey), and later works including “A Meeting with Medusa” and “The Hammer of God.” Encapsulating one of the great science fiction careers of all time, this immense volume “displays the author’s fertile imagination and irrepressible enthusiasm for both good storytelling and impeccable science” (Library Journal). “One of the most astounding imaginations ever encountered in print.” —The New York Times “As his Collected Stories helps to demonstrate, there has been no popular writer since the days of C S Lewis and Charles Williams whose disposition is more nakedly apocalyptic, who takes greater pleasure in cradling eternity in the palm of his hand.” —The Guardian

Author : Arthur Charles Clarke
Publisher : Pan
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015010342635

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Imperial Earth by Arthur Charles Clarke Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3464109518

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SONGS OF DISTANT EARTH by Anonim Pdf

Author : Arthur Charles Clarke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015011876854

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The Songs of Distant Earth by Arthur Charles Clarke Pdf

Science fiction-roman.

Author : Arthur C. Clarke,Gentry Lee
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780575121690

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Cradle by Arthur C. Clarke,Gentry Lee Pdf

When the US Navy's new, state-of-the-art missile disappears after its test launch, panic ensues - if it ends up anywhere near civilians, the consequences could be massive. Where has it gone? What has happened? Seemingly unconnected, journalist Carol Dawson is investigating the unusual sightings of whales in Miami, which may or may not be linked to the missing rocket. Armed with Oceanographic research equipment, Carol charters a boat skippered by Nick Williams and Jefferson Troy and heads to the Gulf of Mexico. What they find can barely be explained but could be worth untold riches. While Carol, Nick and Jefferson attempt to uncover the origin of the mysterious artefact they have discovered, they must dodge treasure hunters, the government, and consider the origin of humanity itself. Is this the First Contact? Or is it the last?

Author : Arthur Charles Clarke
Publisher : Sidgwick & Jackson
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1973-01-01
Category : Science fiction
ISBN : 0283979798

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The Best of Arthur C. Clarke by Arthur Charles Clarke Pdf

Author : Arthur C. Clarke,Jennifer Bassett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Readers
ISBN : 0194216799

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The Songs of Distant Earth by Arthur C. Clarke,Jennifer Bassett Pdf

Author : Arthur Charles Clarke
Publisher : Spectra
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553287899

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Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur Charles Clarke Pdf

During the twenty-second century, a space probe's investigation of a mysterious, cylindrical asteroid brings man into contact with an extra-galactic civilization

Author : Arthur C. Clarke
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1987-04-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345322401

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Songs of Distant Earth by Arthur C. Clarke Pdf

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Space Odyssey series comes a dazzling adventure of exploration and paradise lost. Just a few islands in a planetwide ocean, Thalassa was a veritable paradise—home to one of the small colonies founded centuries before by robot Mother Ships when the Sun had gone nova and mankind had fled Earth. Mesmerized by the beauty of Thalassa and overwhelmed by its vast resources, the colonists lived an idyllic existence, unaware of the monumental evolutionary event slowly taking place between their seas. . . . Then the Magellan arrived in orbit carrying one million refugees from the last, mad days on Earth. And suddenly uncertainty and change had come to the placid paradise that was Thalassa.

Author : William Blake
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1789
Category : Illumination of books and manuscripts
ISBN : BSB:BSB00076234

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Songs of Innocence by William Blake Pdf