Fountains Of Paradise

Author: Clarke Arthur C

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Price : 22.99 AUD
ISBN : 9781857987218
Publisher : Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Imprint : Gollancz
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Weight (g) : 0.244
Publication date : 01 August 2000
Dimensions : 196mm X 131mm X 20mm
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Author : Clarke Arthur C
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Language : English
Dewey classification : 823.914
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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.

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One of Clarke's most famous and acclaimed novels, winner of both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award

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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 his considerable literary and myth-making skills ... the result is something special' Sunday Telegraph * 'A superbly crafted novel that may be his best' Tribune