The Songs of Distant Earth

📙 Nobody knows how big the universe is. Does it have an end, or does it go on forever? Is there more than one universe? The distances in space are so great that they are measured in lightyears, and who knows how many stars and planets lie beyond the reach of the eyes and ears of our science? These stories are full of the mysteries of the universe. Why do the Tibetan lamas want to find out the nine billion names of God? What is the terrible secret discovered by scientists working on the Moon? On a far distant planet, under a different sun, Shervane knows he must cross the Wall of Darkness, even if madness lies on its other side. Bill Cross, at home on Earth, hears friendly voices in his mind; he thinks he has drunk too much whisky and does not understand the warning coming from the planet Thaar five hundred light-years away. And on the planet Thalassa, Lora watches the starship Magellan as it flies in from outer space, bringing with it love and pain and dreams - the sweet sad songs of distant Earth . . .