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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 in space a Space Elevator, 36,000 kilometers high, anchored to an equatorial island in the Indian Ocean.An amazing listgenuinely the best novels from sixty years of SF. Iain M. BanksDelightfully written and at times almost unbearably exciting. Kingsley AmisHis enthusiasm is combined with his considerable literary and myth-making skillsthe result is something special. Sunday TelegraphA superbly crafted novel that may be his best. Tribune,
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SIR ARTHUR C. CLARKE (1917-2008) wrote the novel and co-authored the screenplay for 2001: A Space Odyssey. He has been knighted by Queen Elizabeth II, and he is the only science-fiction writer to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. His fiction and nonfiction have sold more than one hundred million copies in print worldwide.Photo by en:User:Mamyjomarash (Amy Marash) (en:Image:Clarke sm.jpg) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
