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"Loren Lorenson is a refugee from a destroyed earth. aboard the Starship Magellan, the last to flee the solar-system before its sun goes nova, the lucky few who were given a place in her berths observe the demise of the Earth before entering hibernation for the decades long journey to a new home. In order to make the journey in safety Magellan huddles behind a debris shield made of ice. The shield however would not survive the entire journey and must be replenished from a convenient source. The planet Thalassa would serve well as a way station for the crew to disembark for a few weeks on a world that though colonised long ago had been silent for generations and was believed to be no longer inhabited. On arrival the crew discovers that far from being extinct the human colony has flourished in its own modest way in the idyllic climate of the planets three islands. In order to cause minimal disruption to the native culture the crew sent to Thalassa is quartered separately and the ice producing plant is placed on a distant shore. Despite the enforced separation the planetside crew builds many friendships and Loren falls in love. Mirissa Leonidas is a "Thalassan" and though in a comfortable relationship she falls for the strapping Earthling. " ArielPhillips, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Songs of Distant Earth

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Plot

Composition of Book
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 30%

Tone of book - sensitive (sigh....)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Coming of age Yes
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story Yes
Plotlets: - exploring a wondrous planet or phenomena - generally friendly contact with alien(s) - colonizing/homesteading another planet
Romance Yes
Romance plotlets: - love triangle/polygon
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - explorer
Age: - 60's-90's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - natural phenomena
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an above average amount
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
Terrain - Water
Spaceship setting: - really, really giant spaceship/station
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a futuristic society - primitive aliens
Planet outside solar system? Yes
Takes place in spaceship? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death - generic/vague references to death/punishment
scientific jargon? (SF only) - a moderate amount of scientific explanation - a fair amount of scientific explanation
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only - descript of kissing
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog - significantly more descript than dialog

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Arthur C. Clarke Resident Scholar Profiles

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