The Songs of Distant Earth
- ISBN-10
- 0345322401
- ISBN-13
- 9780345322401
- Series
- The Songs of Distant Earth
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 319
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1986
- Publisher
- Del Rey
- Author
- Arthur C. Clarke
Description
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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