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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."

-from back cover-]]> 1958 4 0 false Sun Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 22:39:39 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 22:40:00 -0700 2009 Author: Arthur C. Clarke
Review: April 19, 2009
Edition: 1987 printing
Pages: 313---some extra stuff extends it to 319
Overall Rating: 4/5 [Good:]
Synopsis: As the sun approaches its final centuries, man knows he must leave Earth or be swallowed. Mother ships are sent out f...more...]]> 69796529 935663 117842 0007115865 9780007115860 28 <![CDATA[The Songs of Distant Earth]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171743645m/117842.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171743645s/117842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/117842.The_Songs_of_Distant_Earth 3.74 785 1958 4 0 false Sat Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 07:41:54 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 08:06:02 -0700 2009
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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."

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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."

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Songs of Distant Earth is a "r...more...]]> 58461483 1690774 414998 0345322401 9780345322401 15 <![CDATA[The Songs of Distant Earth]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1227926286m/414998.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1227926286s/414998.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/414998.The_Songs_of_Distant_Earth 3.72 966 Mesmerised 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 beneath 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."

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The premise is a faraway planet populated by humans who were shipped there as frozen embryos. So it is certainly a relevant topic. Passages of ...more...]]> 81538907 810116 414998 0345322401 9780345322401 15 <![CDATA[The Songs of Distant Earth]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1227926286m/414998.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1227926286s/414998.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/414998.The_Songs_of_Distant_Earth 3.72 966 Mesmerised 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 beneath 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."

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1. space elevator -- this is where I first read about an elevator to orbit.
2. building colonists from the raw materials at the destination. No need to carry people and a complicated life support system. Just store the DNA ...more...]]> 44907736 1976637 117842 0007115865 9780007115860 28 <![CDATA[The Songs of Distant Earth]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171743645m/117842.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171743645s/117842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/117842.The_Songs_of_Distant_Earth 3.72 966 1958 5 0 false Fri Jan 30 18:27:19 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 18:28:03 -0800 2009 68275952 2515429 414998 0345322401 9780345322401 15 <![CDATA[The Songs of Distant Earth]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1227926286m/414998.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1227926286s/414998.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/414998.The_Songs_of_Distant_Earth 3.72 966 Mesmerised 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 beneath 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."

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