Nice, square and tight first UK edition (1986).
Comes in good, unclipped dust jacket. A couple of minor scuffs on the dust jacket varnish.
A first edition printing of sci-fi titan's Arthur C. Clarke's 'The Songs of Distant Earth'.
Based upon his 1958 short story of the same title, Clarke stated that Song of Distant Earth was his favourite novel.
The story is set in the 39th century and depicts the journey of the spaceship Magellanas it carries a large group of colonists in suspended animation to a distant planet after Earth's sun goes nova. En route, it has to stop for repairs at the planet Thalassa, which was colonised 700 years earlier but the colonists there lost contact with Earth for the past couple of centuries. The story delves into the cultural and emotional impact of the distant Earth’s demise on both sets of colonists, and how humans from two different worlds and societies interact with each other.
Published in the UK by Grafton Books, the novel is a testament to Clarke's visionary storytelling, presenting a world where the boundaries of science and imagination blend seamlessly.
Nice, square and tight first UK edition (1986).
Comes in good, unclipped dust jacket. A couple of minor scuffs on the dust jacket varnish.
A first edition printing of sci-fi titan's Arthur C. Clarke's 'The Songs of Distant Earth'.
Based upon his 1958 short story of the same title, Clarke stated that Song of Distant Earth was his favourite novel.
The story is set in the 39th century and depicts the journey of the spaceship Magellanas it carries a large group of colonists in suspended animation to a distant planet after Earth's sun goes nova. En route, it has to stop for repairs at the planet Thalassa, which was colonised 700 years earlier but the colonists there lost contact with Earth for the past couple of centuries. The story delves into the cultural and emotional impact of the distant Earth’s demise on both sets of colonists, and how humans from two different worlds and societies interact with each other.
Published in the UK by Grafton Books, the novel is a testament to Clarke's visionary storytelling, presenting a world where the boundaries of science and imagination blend seamlessly.