Songs of Distant Earth
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Songs of Distant Earth
A great book by Arthur C Clarke; it's an easy read, and a great realistic sci-fi story. I just re-read it recently (when my computer was out ), and remembered how cool it is. Anyone else read it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_of_Distant_Earth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_of_Distant_Earth
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Re: Songs of Distant Earth
I read it about a million years ago, but I remember very little of it.
I can't stand nothing dull
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Re: Songs of Distant Earth
Didn't read it. I must look out for it in the library.
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Ditto. I remember only a few things about it... the plot outline of the ship arriving, basically. I remember thinking it wasn't all that great at the time, but was an okay read.Mikey wrote:I read it about a million years ago, but I remember very little of it.
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I think part of the problem I had with Clarke (if you could call it a problem) was that I read 2001 first, and sort of unconsciously held everything up to that standard.
I can't stand nothing dull
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
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Re: Songs of Distant Earth
Even da Vinci had some bad efforts.
I think I like it so much due to nostalgia: I read it when I was nine, and it was one of the first "hard" sci-fi stories I ever read. Keep your puns to yourself.
I think I like it so much due to nostalgia: I read it when I was nine, and it was one of the first "hard" sci-fi stories I ever read. Keep your puns to yourself.
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I feel the same way about Stranger in a Stragne Land.
I can't stand nothing dull
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
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I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
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I read that the same year.
Speaking of Heinlein, I loaned Uzume my copy of Have Spacesuit - Will Travel recently; she loved it.
Speaking of Heinlein, I loaned Uzume my copy of Have Spacesuit - Will Travel recently; she loved it.
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I also enjoyed the similarly-titled Stranger in a Strange Land.Mikey wrote:I feel the same way about Stranger in a Stragne Land.
I can't stand nothing dull
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
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Re: Songs of Distant Earth
Nice way of correcting typo there
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I was trying to pre-empt the sh*tstorm of correction from the spelling Gestapo (AKA Tsukiyumi.)
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I was going to let it go, seeing as it was your birthday, and Yom Kippur and all.
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I appreciate the thought.Tsukiyumi wrote:
I was going to let it go, seeing as it was your birthday, and Yom Kippur and all.
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I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
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I'll massacre your ass as fast
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Contrary to popular belief, I do, in fact, have a heart.
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