The fountains of paradise /
"The novel focuses primarily on a project known as the Orbital Tower proposed by the main character, Vannevar Morgan. The main story is framed by two other stories. The first one tells of King Kalidasa (fictionalized King Kashyapa I of Sri Lanka), living thousands of years before Morgan is born...
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| Language: | English |
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Gollancz,
1979.
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| Summary: | "The novel focuses primarily on a project known as the Orbital Tower proposed by the main character, Vannevar Morgan. The main story is framed by two other stories. The first one tells of King Kalidasa (fictionalized King Kashyapa I of Sri Lanka), living thousands of years before Morgan is born, who is constructing a 'pleasure garden' complete with functioning fountains, in a significant engineering effort for the time. The other story, taking place long after Morgan has died, deals with aliens making contact with Earth."--Wikipedia. In the 22nd century, visionary scientist Vannevar Morgan conceives the most grandiose engineering project of all time, one which will revolutionize the future of humans in space - a space elevator, 36,000 kilometres high, anchored to an equatorial island in the Indian Ocean. |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library Science Fiction Collection copy donated by Victor W. Horadam. The Cushing Library Science Fiction Collection copy signed by the author. |
| Physical Description: | 255 pages ; 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 0575025204 9780575025202 009137460X 9780091374600 |