The Fountains Of Paradise
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Fountains Of Paradise
By (Author) Sir Arthur C. Clarke
Orion Publishing Co
Gollancz
1st January 2001
12th October 2000
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
823.914
Short-listed for British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel 1980 (UK)
Physical Properties
Paperback
256
Width 133mm, Height 197mm, Spine 21mm
227g
Description
In the 22nd century visionary scientist Vannevar Morgan conceives the most grandiose engineering project of all time, and one which will revolutionize the future of humankind of space: a Space Elevator, 36,000 kilometres high, anchored to an equatorial island in the Indian Ocean.
Author Bio
SALES POINTS* #34 in the Millennium SF Masterworks series, a library of the finest science fiction ever written. * 'Delightfully written and at times almost unbearably exciting' Kingsley Amis * 'His enthusiasm is combined with hisconsiderable literary and myth-making skills ... the result is something special' Sunday Telegraph * 'A superbly crafted novel that may be his best' Tribu
