The Fountains of Paradise
By: Arthur C. Clarke.
Edition: 1st Ballantine Books ed.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 1980
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9780345253569
Description: This is a story about space elevators. 

From Sources and Acknowledgements

The writer of historical fiction has a peculiar responsibility to his readers, especially when he is dealing with unfamiliar  times  and places.  He should not  distort facts or events when they are known; and when he invents them, as he is often compelled to do, it  is  his duty to indicate the dividing line between imagination and reality. 

The writer of science fiction has the same responsibility,  squared. I  hope that these notes will  not only discharge  that  obligation well  but  also  add to  the reader's enjoyment.
Table of contents: label: Preface
pagenum: xiii; label: I.
title: THE PALACE
pagenum: 1; label: 1
title: Kalidasa
pagenum: 2; label: 2
title: The Engineer
pagenum: 8; label: 3
title: The Fountains
pagenum: 16; label: 4
title: Demon Rock
pagenum: 18; label: 5
title: Through the Telescope
pagenum: 27; label: 6
title: The Artist
pagenum: 32; label: 7
title: The God-King's Palace
pagenum: 36; label: 8
title: Malgara
pagenum: 45; label: 9
title: Filament
pagenum: 47; label: 10
title: The Ultimate Bridge
pagenum: 51; label: 11
title: The Silent Princess
pagenum: 62; label: II.
title: THE TEMPLE
pagenum: 69; label: 12
title: Starglider
pagenum: 72; label: 13
title: Shadow at Dawn
pagenum: 75; label: 14
title: The Education of Starglider
pagenum: 82; label: 15
title: Bodhidharma
pagenum: 86; label: 16
title: Conversations with Starglider
pagenum: 92; label: 17
title: Parakarma
pagenum: 97; label: 18
title: The Golden Butterflies
pagenum: 104; label: 19
title: By the Shores of Lake Saladin
pagenum: 106; label: 20
title: The Bridge That Danced
pagenum: 113; label: 21
title: Judgment
pagenum: 120; label: III.
title: THE BELL
pagenum: 125; label: 22
title: Apostate
pagenum: 126; label: 23
title: Moondozer
pagenum: 129; label: 24
title: The Finger of God
pagenum: 138; label: 25
title: Orbital Roulette
pagenum: 140; label: 26
title: The Night before Vesak
pagenum: 143; label: 27
title: Ashoka Station
pagenum: 146; label: 28
title: The First Lowering
pagenum: 151; label: 29
title: Final Approach
pagenum: 157; label: 30
title: The Legions of the King
pagenum: 162; label: 31
title: Exodus
pagenum: 165; label: IV.
title: THE TOWER
pagenum: 169; label: 32
title: Space Express
pagenum: 170; label: 33
title: CORA
pagenum: 176; label: 34
title: Vertigo
pagenum: 179; label: 35
title: Starglider Plus Eighty
pagenum: 189; label: 36
title: The Cruel Sky
pagenum: 191; label: 37
title: The Billion-Ton Diamond
pagenum: 198; label: V.
title: ASCENSION
pagenum: 203; label: 38
title: A Place of Silent Storms
pagenum: 204; label: 39
title: The Wounded Sun
pagenum: 208; label: 40
title: The End of the Line
pagenum: 214; label: 41
title: Meteor
pagenum: 217; label: 42
title: Death in Orbit
pagenum: 219; label: 43
title: Fail-safe
pagenum: 221; label: 44
title: A Cave in the Sky
pagenum: 225; label: 45
title: The Man for the Job
pagenum: 232; label: 46
title: Spider
pagenum: 236; label: 47
title: Beyond the Aurora
pagenum: 244; label: 48
title: Night at the Villa
pagenum: 250; label: 49
title: A Bumpy Ride
pagenum: 254; label: 50
title: The Falling Fireflies
pagenum: 258; label: 51
title: On the Porch
pagenum: 260; label: 52
title: The Other Passenger
pagenum: 264; label: 53
title: Fade-out
pagenum: 269; label: 54
title: Theory of Relativity
pagenum: 274; label: 55
title: Hard Dock
pagenum: 277; label: 56
title: View from the Balcony
pagenum: 283; label: 57
title: The Last Dawn
pagenum: 287; label: Epilogue
title: Kalidasa's  Triumph
pagenum: 292; label: Sources and Acknowledgments
pagenum: 298