Does that make sense? If you want to know what an atheist thinks mankind could or would be if he could just rid himself of all that cumbersome superstition (aka religion and morality) and also shed all his violent tendencies including the will to power, then you should read "Songs of Distant Earth" because that is the main theme of the work. But in the spanish edition of "The Songs of Distant Earth", that I have finished today, thHi!
I must say that although I am a fan of Arthur C. Clarke, this book was a disappointment. Welcome back. It was talking about Loren on the Magellan and his grief about Kumar’s death. Published The Songs of Distant Earth by Arthur C. Clarke written deliberately against science fantasy of star wars, this is the beauty, the awe, the wonder, from actual scientific extrapolation. During the course of the stay, and due to the construction of a massive plant for freezing the huge ice blocks for the shield, the Terrans and the Thalassans become aware of the existence of a potentially intelligent sea creature living in the depths of the Thalassan oceans. I had high expectation and honestly a little bit scared that I would be a convert, that I would prefer him than my current favourite of the big three, Isaac Asimov (I haven't read any of Heinlein's books).I picked this book as an introduction to Sir Arthur C Clarke because a) It is not a series b) Wiki says that it's the author's favourite. The story was a blend of a ton of different ideas, mutiny, extr-terrestrial intelligence, population control and a species without a home. 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. The Songs of Distant Earth. Clarke's story, however, is an antiseptic one. I may not feel the same about the book if I re-read some day when my own life is not bouncing around.I was vaguely disappointed when I finished this book, but I am not exactly sure why.
The newcomers must make repairs to their ice shield, and Thalassa is the right place to do it, as it is almost entirely ocean.Meh. ... EDIT: I just found another thread about the ending. He is best known for the novel and movie Arthur Charles Clarke was one of the most important and influential figures in 20th century science fiction. This story leaves a lot of unanswered questions,but still a very good story I have always admired the simplicity of Clarke's writing: he is almost like Hemingway in how sparse and simple his language is, yet he manages to tackle the most profound questions facing humanity with simplicity and clarity. I was captivated by this story's emotional intelligence. How to write a great review Live Statistics. The story begins with an introduction to the native Thalassans – the marine biologist Brant, his partner Mirissa and her brother Kumar. The novel itself is engagingly written and graced with an elegant future chronology spanning two millenia of interstellar colonization and technological change, with a solar nova and planetary extinction looming balefully over it. Other readers are complaining about how bland the Thalassan characters are, but I think that's the point. The people who live there have been manipulated by the people who planned the colonization of the planet to be stripped of all the nasty bits of humanity. When Clarke dealt with sociology and the nature of man as he did in this work, he did not shine so brightly.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Songs of Distant Earth. I’ve read ACC since I was a boy and have enjoyed pretty much everything ever written by him.A very thought provocing story.i wonder,will we ever see true space travel,and what will we find? I never got caught up in any of the issues, too surface an exaamination for a 4 star rating. And you probably know them from their wildly po...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.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.Hi! It's a quick read and is good classic romantic sci-fi.Arthur Charles Clarke was one of the most important and influential figures in 20th century science fiction. 0007115865 Clarke considered this to be his own favorite novel, and it shows. The huge interstellar space ship Magellan has docked for a while on the world Thalassa, which had been peopled with earthlings years before our solar system self-destructed. Things get a little exciting when the last ship of humans to leave Earth show up to rebuild their ice shield.