The Fountains of Paradise
by Clarke, Arthur C
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0345315596
- ISBN 13
- 9780345315595
- Seller
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Tolar, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Ballantine Books, 1980. Wraps have rubbed edges. Pages are clean with no markings in text. Prior owner decorative stamp on title page. Glued binding on vintage paperbacks may be brittle. . Mass Market Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex Libris.
Synopsis
The Fountains of Paradise is a Hugo and Nebula Award winning 1979 novel by Arthur C. Clarke. Set in the 22nd century, it describes the construction of a space elevator. This "orbital tower" is a giant structure rising from the ground and linking with a satellite in geostationary at the height of approximately 36,000 kilometers (approx. 22,300 miles). Such a structure would be used to raise payloads to orbit without having to use rockets, making it much more cost-effective.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Top Notch books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 420602
- Title
- The Fountains of Paradise
- Author
- Clarke, Arthur C
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 0345315596
- ISBN 13
- 9780345315595
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Science Fiction
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...