Earthlight

Earthlight is one of Arthur C. Clarke's earlier works, dating back to 1955.

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The plot centers around a fight between those with allegiance to the Earth/Moon and those working as traders between the planets.

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It has been a long time since a war has been fought, and people are re-learning things. There is thought to be an intelligence leak somewhere on the moon base astronomy lab, and an accountant is pressed into becoming a spy to route out the traitor.

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Both sides in the small war have got some new technology, the traders a new spacecraft engine technology, and the Earth-based people an interesting electromagnetic wave shield.

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The final battle is witnessed by one of the astronomers and the accountant, with some interesting results.

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It was last printed as a paperback in New York by Del Rey in 1998 ISBN 0345430700

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Arthur C. Clarke: Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (born 16 December 1917) is a British author and inventor, most famous for his science-fiction novel ', and for collaborating with director Stanley Kubrick on the film of the same name. Clarke is considered one of the Big Three of science fiction, along with Robert A. Heinl...

1955: 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar....