num_pages: 256
description: The Fountains of Paradise, Arthur C. Clarke's penultimate novel, won both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Awards In the 22nd century visionary scientist Vannevar Morgan conceives the most grandiose engineering project of all time, and one which will revolutionise the future of humankind in a Space Elevator, 36,000 kilometres high, anchored to an equatorial island in the Indian Ocean.
language: English
title: The Fountains of Paradise
titlecomplete: The Fountains of Paradise
characters: Kalidasa, Vannevar Morgan, Johan Oliver de Alwis Sri Rajasinghe, Anandatissa Bodhidharma Mahanayake Thero
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Hard Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Space, Fantasy, Hugo Awards, Novels, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics
ratings_count: 29331
places: Sri Lanka
awards: awardedAt: 315561600000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 284025600000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 315561600000
name: Locus Award
category: Best SF Novel
publisher: Gollancz