Title: The Songs of Distant Earth Title Record # 1164
Author: Arthur C. Clarke
Date: 1986-05-00
Type: NOVEL
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Translations

Year Language Title 1986ⓘTranslated by Margarida Gomes and Eduardo Gomes Portuguese Canções da Terra Distante 1986ⓘTranslated by France-Marie Watkins. French Chants de la Terre lointaine 1986ⓘTranslation of "The Songs of Distant Earth" Translated by Jan Smit Dutch De verre Aarde 1986ⓘTranslated by Mirjana Živković and Zoran Živković Serbian Pesme daleke Zemlje [as by Artur Klark] 1987ⓘTranslated by Irene Holicki. German Das Lied der fernen Erde 1990ⓘTranslated by Bulath Éva Hungarian A távoli Föld dalai 2009ⓘTranslated by Marie-France Watkins French Les chants de la terre lointaine

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
8	1987 Locus	Best SF Novel

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
The Songs of Distant Earth	1986-00-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Grafton	0-586-06623-3	£2.99?£: UK pound	238	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Songs of Distant Earth	1986-00-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Grafton	0-586-06623-3	£2.50?£: UK pound	xiv+ 238	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Michael Whelan
The Songs of Distant Earth	1986-05-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-33219-9	$17.95?$: US dollar	[14]+ 256	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Michael Whelan
The Songs of Distant Earth	1986-05-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-33525-2	$75.00?$: US dollar	[2]+ 256	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Songs of Distant Earth	1986-07-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Grafton	0-246-12688-4	£9.95?£: UK pound	182	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Michael Whelan
The Songs of Distant Earth	1986-11-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-33908-8	$3.95?$: US dollar	379	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Michael Whelan
The Songs of Distant Earth	1986-11-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Del Rey / Ballantine / SFBC	05769	$4.98?$: US dollar	xiv+ 241	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Michael Whelan
The Songs of Distant Earth	1987-00-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Grafton	0-586-06623-3	£2.50?£: UK pound	238	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Michael Whelan
The Songs of Distant Earth	1987-00-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Grafton	0-586-06623-3	£2.99?£: UK pound	238	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Michael Whelan
The Songs of Distant Earth	1987-05-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-32240-1	$4.95?$: US dollar	319	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Michael Whelan
The Songs of Distant Earth	1987-05-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-32240-1	C$6.95?C$: Canadian dollar	[15]+ 319	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Michael Whelan
The Songs of Distant Earth	1988-08-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-32240-1	$4.95?$: US dollar	319	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Michael Whelan
The Songs of Distant Earth	1991-01-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-32240-1	$5.95?$: US dollar	[xiv]+ 319	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Michael Whelan
The Songs of Distant Earth	1998-00-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Voyager / HarperCollins	0-586-06623-3	£5.99?£: UK pound	xiv+ 238	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Michael Whelan
The Songs of Distant Earth	2001-08-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Voyager Classics / HarperCollins (Voyager Classics #9)	0-00-711586-5	£7.99?£: UK pound	240	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
3001: The Final Odyssey / The Songs of Distant Earth	2004-00-00	Arthur C. Clarke	HarperCollins (UK)	0-00-771208-1	£8.99?£: UK pound	vii+ 273+ xiv+ 238	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	omni	Chris Moore
The Songs of Distant Earth	2012-11-30	Arthur C. Clarke	RosettaBooks	978-0-7953-2585-4	$8.99?$: US dollar		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Songs of Distant Earth	date unknown	Arthur C. Clarke	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-32240-1	$6.99?$: US dollar	319	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Michael Whelan
The Songs of Distant Earth	date unknown	Arthur C. Clarke	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-32240-1	$7.99?$: US dollar	[xiv]+ 319	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Michael Whelan
The Songs of Distant Earth	date unknown	Arthur C. Clarke	Voyager / HarperCollins	978-0-586-06623-2		xiv+ 238	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Michael Whelan

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Reviews

• Review by Lawrence I. Charters (1986) in Fantasy Review, April 1986
• Review by Dan Chow (1986) in Locus, #303 April 1986
• Review by Richard E. Geis (1986) in Science Fiction Review, Summer 1986
• Review by Gene DeWeese (1986) in Science Fiction Review, Fall 1986
• Review by David Langford [as by Dave Langford] (1986) in White Dwarf, September 1986
• Review by Chris Bailey (1986) in Vector 134
• Review by Baird Searles (1986) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, October 1986
• Review [French] by Jean-Pierre Andrevon (1986) in Fiction, #380
• Review by Roland J. Green (1986) in Far Frontiers, Volume VII/ Winter 1986
• Review by Thomas D. Clareson (1986) in Extrapolation, Fall 1986
• Review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton] (1987) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, January 1987
• Review by Don D'Ammassa (1987) in Science Fiction Chronicle, #91 April 1987
• Review by Steven Tew (1987) in Paperback Inferno, #69
• Review [Serbian] by
  Đorđe Pisarev^?Djordje Pisarev
  (1987) in Alef, #5
• Review by Doug Fratz (1987) in Thrust, #26, Spring 1987
• Review by David Gordon-MacDonald (1992) in Under the Ozone Hole, August 1992
• Review [French] by Jean-Pierre Lion (2010) in Bifrost, #58
• Review [French] by Estelle Blanquet (2021) in Bifrost, #102