Songs of Distant Earth

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Songs of Distant Earth

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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 :wink: ), and remembered how cool it is. Anyone else read it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_of_Distant_Earth
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I read it about a million years ago, but I remember very little of it.
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Didn't read it. I must look out for it in the library.
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Mikey wrote:I read it about a million years ago, but I remember very little of it.
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.
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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.
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Even da Vinci had some bad efforts. :wink:

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. :P
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I feel the same way about Stranger in a Stragne Land.
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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.
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Mikey wrote:I feel the same way about Stranger in a Stragne Land.
:oops: I also enjoyed the similarly-titled Stranger in a Strange Land.
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Nice way of correcting typo there :)
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:lol:
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I was trying to pre-empt the sh*tstorm of correction from the spelling Gestapo (AKA Tsukiyumi.) :wink:
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:laughroll:

I was going to let it go, seeing as it was your birthday, and Yom Kippur and all.
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Tsukiyumi wrote::laughroll:

I was going to let it go, seeing as it was your birthday, and Yom Kippur and all.
I appreciate the thought. :lol:
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Contrary to popular belief, I do, in fact, have a heart. :wink:
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