The Fountains of Paradise

SF Masterworks Series

By: Arthur C. Clarke

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Paperback | 1 January 2001

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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.

Winner of the HUGO AWARD for best novel, 1980

Winner of the NEBULA AWARD for best novel, 1979

About the Author

Born in Somerset in 1917, Arthur C. Clarke has written over sixty books, among which are the science fiction classics 2001, A Space Odyssey, Childhood's End, The City and the Stars and Rendezvous With Rama. He has won all the most prestigious science fiction trophies, and shared an Oscar nomination with Stanley Kubrick for the screenplay of the film of 2001. He was knighted in 1998. He passed away in March 2008.

Industry Reviews

'An extraordinary dynamo of ideas that transcend science fiction' - Evening Standard

'Delightfully written and at times almost unbearably exciting' - Kingsley Amis

'His enthusiasm is combined with his considerable literary and myth-making skills... the result is something special' - Sunday Telegraph

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