Ea is a roughly Earth-like planet settled in the late 21st century by a single one-way starship carrying 10,000 people from Earth. Three centuries later, the human population has grown into the millions, and is now chiefly divided between the nations that emerged from a recent global war. The inhabitants of these nations, which have structured themselves after radically different politics and philosophies, try their best to make sense of this alien, yet somewhat familiar, planet; to balance the survival of humankind and Earth’s heritage with that of their strange new home; and, despite everything, to live with each other.
Chapters: > 0. Introduction > 1. Utu’s solar system > 2a. Tectonics and surface features > 2b. Meteorology and climate > 2c. Life on the planet > 2d. Ea: the human presence > 3. South of the Dagon sea > 4. Earth, 2070 > 5. Ea’s biosphere, two centuries later > 6a. The starship > 6b. The Commander > 7. Ean Biochemistry > 8. Fuscophyta: Ea’s black plants > 9. The Descent > 10a. Eucytobionta (part 1/3, cell structure) > 10b. Eucytobionta (part 2/3, unicellular diversity) > 10c. Eucytobionta (part 3/3, biotechnology) > 11. The early days > 12. Species study: the Kurukshetran springbear > 13. Anatomy of Diplostomia > 14. Reproduction of Haematophyta > 15. Dissection of trepangfish > 16. Heraldry > …