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9780446677943

The Fountains of Paradise

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  • ISBN13:

    9780446677943

  • ISBN10:

    0446677949

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-09-01
  • Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
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Summary

Vannemar Morgans dream is to link Earth to the stars with the greatest engineering feat of all timea 24,000-mile-high space elevator. But first he must solve a million technical, political, and economic problems while allaying the wrath of God. For the only possible site on the planet for Morgans Orbital Tower is the monastery atop the Sacred Mountain of Sri Kanda.

Table of Contents

Introduction xiii
Preface xv
I. The Palace
Kalidasa
3(6)
The Engineer
9(8)
The Fountains
17(2)
Demon Rock
19(10)
Through the Telescope
29(6)
The Artist
35(4)
The God-King's Palace
39(10)
Malgara
49(2)
Filament
51(4)
The Ultimate Bridge
55(12)
The Silent Princess
67(10)
II. The Temple
Starglider
77(4)
Shadow at Dawn
81(8)
The Education of Starglider
89(4)
Bodhidharma
93(6)
Conversations with Starglider
99(6)
Parakarma
105(8)
The Golden Butterflies
113(2)
By the Shores of Lake Saladin
115(8)
The Bridge That Danced
123(8)
Judgment
131(6)
III. The Bell
Apostate
137(4)
Moondozer
141(10)
The Finger of God
151(2)
Orbital Roulette
153(4)
The Night before Vesak
157(4)
Ashoka Station
161(6)
The First Lowering
167(6)
Final Approach
173(6)
The Legions of the King
179(4)
Exodus
183(6)
IV. The Tower
Space Express
189(6)
CORA
195(4)
Vertigo
199(10)
Starglider Plus Eighty
209(2)
The Cruel Sky
211(6)
The Billion-Ton Diamond
217(6)
V. Ascension
A Place of Silent Storms
223(4)
The Wounded Sun
227(6)
The End of the Line
233(4)
Meteor
237(2)
Death in Orbit
239(2)
Fail-Safe
241(4)
A Cave in the Sky
245(8)
The Man for the Job
253(4)
Spider
257(8)
Beyond the Aurora
265(6)
Night at the Villa
271(4)
A Bumpy Ride
275(4)
The Falling Fireflies
279(4)
On the Porch
283(4)
The Other Passenger
287(6)
Fade-Out
293(6)
Theory of Relativity
299(4)
Hard Dock
303(6)
View from the Balcony
309(4)
The Last Dawn
313(6)
Epilogue: Kalidasa's Triumph 319(6)
Sources and Acknowledgments 325

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