Imperial Earth Author:Arthur C. Clarke Imperial Earth is the fascinating odyssey of Duncan Makenzie, traveling from Titan, a moon of Saturn, to Earth, as a diplomatic guest of the United States for the celebration of its Quincentennial in the year 2276. Titan, an independent republic, was originally colonized from Earth three generations earlier. — ... Once on Earth, Duncan is caught ... more »up in a sweep of new experiences -- including the social and political whirl of Washington, a strange visit to a carefully preserved ancient city once prominent in the 20th Century, and a search for and meeting with a woman he loved since she visited Titan years before. Duncan's far-ranging adventures on Earth permit observation and commentaries, some comic, all acute, on the civilization, the oldest in human experience, that has reached its cultural peak, and may be on the verge of decline.« less