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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.

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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