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Original Essays | October 18, 2009

Victoria Hislop: IMG From Leprosy to Lorca — Strange Inspiration

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My first novel, The Island, was inspired by a chance visit to a tiny island leper colony off the coast of Greece on our summer holiday. It was a... Continue »
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    The Return

    Victoria Hislop

Fountains of Paradise

by Arthur C Clarke

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ISBN13: 9781857987218
ISBN10: 1857987217
Condition: Standard
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Publisher Comments:

New edition of one of Clarke's most famous novels. "A superbly crafted novel that may be his best" "Tribune".

Synopsis:

In the 22nd century, visionary scientist Vannevar Morgan conceives the most grandiose engineering project of all time, one which will revolutionize the future of humans in space - a space elevator, 36,000 kilometres high, anchored to an equatorial island in the Indian Ocean.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781857987218
Author:
CLARKE, ARTHUR C.
Publisher:
Libri
Location:
N
Copyright:
2000
Edition Description:
NEW ED
Series:
MILLENNIUM SF MASTERWORKS S
Publication Date:
20001012
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Pages:
256
Dimensions:
198 x 129 in.
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