The Fountains of Paradise
by Arthur C. Clarke
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This is a story about space elevators.
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The writer of historical fiction has a peculiar responsibility to his readers, especially when he is dealing with unfamiliar times and places. He should not distort facts or events when they are known; and when he invents them, as he is often compelled to do, it is his duty to indicate the dividing line between imagination and reality.
The writer of science fiction has the same responsibility, squared. I hope that these notes will not only discharge that obligation well but also add to the reader's enjoyment.
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Fiction, Mountains, Elevators, Monks, Design and construction, Religious aspects of Mountains, Science Fiction, Hugo Award Winner, award:hugo_award=1980, award:hugo_award=novel, English Science fiction, Interplanetary voyages, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, general, Large type books, award:nebula_award=novel, Fiction, religiousShowing 5 featured editions. View all 35 editions?
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Fountains of Paradise, The
December 1, 1990, Spectra
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The Fountains of Paradise
1980, Ballantine Books
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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 in space: a Space Elevator, 36,000 kilometers high, anchored to an equatorial island in the Indian Ocean.
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