Songs of Distant Earth
| Book | The Songs of Distant Earth* |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | 1986 |
| Author | Arthur C. Clarke |
| Publisher | Ballantine Books |
| Imprint | Del Rey Books |
| Copyright Holder | Serendib BV |
| Cover Art by | Michael Whelan |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Location | United States |
| Copyright | 1986 |
| First Paperback Printing | 1987-05 |
| Pages / Font | 319 pages |
| Barcode | 0 70999 00495 2 |
| Barcode (EAN) | 32240 |
| ISBN | 0-345-32240-1 |
| Catalog Number | 32240 |
| Library of Congress Catalog Card Number | 85-26825 |
| Chapters | Author's Note
I. Thalassa
.. 1. The Beach At Tarna . . . . . . . . 3
.. 2. The Little Neutral One . . . . . . 7
.. 3. Village Council . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
.. 4. Tocsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
.. 5. Night Ride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
II. Magellan
.. 6. Planetfall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
.. 7. Lords Of The Last Days . . . . 37
.. 8. Remembrance Of Love Lost 43
.. 9. The Quest For Superspace . 47
III. South Island
.. 10. First Contact . . . . . . . . . . . 55
.. 11. Delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
.. 12. Heritage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
.. 13. Task Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
.. 14. Mirissa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
.. 15. Terra Nova . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
.. 16. Party Games . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
.. 17. Chain Of Command . . . . . . 91
.. 18. Kumar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
.. 19. Pretty Polly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
.. 20. Idyll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
IV. Krakan
.. 21. Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
.. 22. Krakan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
.. 23. Ice Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
.. 24. Archive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
.. 25. Scorp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
.. 26. Snowflake Rising . . . . . . . . 157
.. 27. Mirror Of The Past . . . . . . . 162
.. 28. The Sunken Forest . . . . . . . 166
.. 29. Sabra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
.. 30. Child of Krakan . . . . . . . . . . 175
V. The Bounty Syndrome
.. 31. Petition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
.. 32. Clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
.. 33. Tides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
.. 34. Shipnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
.. 35. Convalescence . . . . . . . . . . 200
.. 36. Kilimanjaro . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
.. 37. In Vino Veritas . . . . . . . . . . 206
.. 38. Debate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
.. 39. The Leopard In The Snows 220
.. 40. Confrontation . . . . . . . . . . 224
.. 41. Pillow Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
.. 42. Survivor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
.. 43. Interrogation . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
VI. The Forests Of The Sea
.. 44. Spyball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
.. 45. Bait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
.. 46. Whatever Gods May Be . . . 253
VII. As The Sparks Fly Upward
.. 47. Ascension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
.. 48. Decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
.. 49. Dire On The Reef . . . . . . . . . 275
VIII. The Songs Of Distant Earth
.. 50. Shield Of Ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
.. 51. Relic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
.. 52. The Songs Of Distant Earth 286
.. 53. The Golden Mask . . . . . . . . 291
.. 54. Valediction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
.. 55. Departure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
.. 56. Below The Interface . . . . . . 308
IX. Sagan Two
.. 57. The Voices Of Time . . . . . . . 313
Chronology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Bibliographical Note . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Author's Note
I. Thalassa
.. 1. The Beach At Tarna . . . . . . . . 3
.. 2. The Little Neutral One . . . . . . 7
.. 3. Village Council . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
.. 4. Tocsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
.. 5. Night Ride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
II. Magellan
.. 6. Planetfall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
.. 7. Lords Of The Last Days . . . . 37
.. 8. Remembrance Of Love Lost 43
.. 9. The Quest For Superspace . 47
III. South Island
.. 10. First Contact . . . . . . . . . . . 55
.. 11. Delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
.. 12. Heritage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
.. 13. Task Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
.. 14. Mirissa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
.. 15. Terra Nova . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
.. 16. Party Games . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
.. 17. Chain Of Command . . . . . . 91
.. 18. Kumar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
.. 19. Pretty Polly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
.. 20. Idyll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
IV. Krakan
.. 21. Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
.. 22. Krakan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
.. 23. Ice Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
.. 24. Archive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
.. 25. Scorp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
.. 26. Snowflake Rising . . . . . . . . 157
.. 27. Mirror Of The Past . . . . . . . 162
.. 28. The Sunken Forest . . . . . . . 166
.. 29. Sabra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
.. 30. Child of Krakan . . . . . . . . . . 175
V. The Bounty Syndrome
.. 31. Petition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
.. 32. Clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
.. 33. Tides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
.. 34. Shipnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
.. 35. Convalescence . . . . . . . . . . 200
.. 36. Kilimanjaro . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
.. 37. In Vino Veritas . . . . . . . . . . 206
.. 38. Debate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
.. 39. The Leopard In The Snows 220
.. 40. Confrontation . . . . . . . . . . 224
.. 41. Pillow Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
.. 42. Survivor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
.. 43. Interrogation . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
VI. The Forests Of The Sea
.. 44. Spyball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
.. 45. Bait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
.. 46. Whatever Gods May Be . . . 253
VII. As The Sparks Fly Upward
.. 47. Ascension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
.. 48. Decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
.. 49. Dire On The Reef . . . . . . . . . 275
VIII. The Songs Of Distant Earth
.. 50. Shield Of Ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
.. 51. Relic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
.. 52. The Songs Of Distant Earth 286
.. 53. The Golden Mask . . . . . . . . 291
.. 54. Valediction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
.. 55. Departure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
.. 56. Below The Interface . . . . . . 308
IX. Sagan Two
.. 57. The Voices Of Time . . . . . . . 313
Chronology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Bibliographical Note . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
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| Notes | First Hardcover edition: May 1986 First International Edition: November 1986 First Mass Market Edition: May 1987 "Arthur C. Clarke" is embossed in gold on the cover (but displays as black on the scan) "Songs Of Distant Earth" is embossed in yellow |