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3 unusual facts about The Songs of Distant Earth


28th century

In The Songs of Distant Earth, a short story by Arthur C. Clarke, the ocean planet Thalassa is settled by human colonists around the year 2700.

The Songs of Distant Earth

Multi-instrumentalist and composer Mike Oldfield wrote an entire album based on – and entitled – The Songs of Distant Earth, which was released in 1994.

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The novel is set in the early 3800s and takes place almost entirely on the faraway oceanic planet of Thalassa.


Nils-Aslak Valkeapää

A recording of Nils-Aslak Valkeapää performing his joik, forms the centrepiece of "Prayer For The Earth", a track on The Songs of Distant Earth, the 1994 album by British musician Mike Oldfield.


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