The Fountains of Paradise

Name: The Fountains of Paradise
Author: Arthur C. Clarke

by Arthur C. Clarke

Space elevator from Earth to orbit enables humanity to escape planetary extinction and reach the stars

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Arthur C. Clarke

Arthur C. Clarke was a British science fiction author and futurist celebrated for his hard SF vision and his collaboration with Stanley Kubrick on 2001: A Space Odyssey. He famously proposed the concept of geostationary communication satellites years before they were built. His fiction combined rigorous scientific extrapolation with a sense of cosmic wonder.

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