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      Earthlight

      by Arthur C. Clarke
      Published
      Aug 1972
      Main Genre
      Science Fiction Sci-Fi
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      192
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      THE TIE THAT BINDS

      The human race had been born on a unique world...a world loaded with mineral wealth, unmatched elsewhere in the solar system. This accident of fate gave a flying start to man's technology -- but it made man dependent on his home world.

      What were the independent republics on Mars and Venus to do? United in a Federation, they were still dependent on Earth for such essentials as mercury, lead, and uranium -- and modern technology could not survive without them.

      There had to be a better way...

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      General Fiction Speculative Fiction

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      Science Fiction

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      Jan 1957 Ballantine ISBN13 9780345002495 ISBN10 0345002490
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      Aug 1972 Harcourt ISBN13 9780151272259 ISBN10 0151272255
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