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The Fountains of Paradise

Authors:
Arthur C. Clarke (author) and Chris Moore (covers)
Language:
English
Original language:
English
Publisher:
Gollancz
Categories:
Novel and science fiction
Publisher series:
SF Masterworks
Publication year:
1979
Original publication year:
2000
ISBN:
978-1-85798-721-8
Pages:
257
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Table of Contents:
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  • Foreword

I—THE PALACE

  • 1. Kalidasa
  • 2. Thc Engineer
  • 3. The Fountains
  • 4. Demon Rock
  • 5. Through the Telescope
  • 6. The Artist
  • 7. The God-King's Palace
  • 8. Malgara
  • 9. Filament
  • 10. The Ultimate Bridge
  • 11. The Silent Princess

II—THE TEMPLE

  • 12. Starglider
  • 13. Shadow at Dawn
  • 14. The Education of Starglider
  • 15. Bodhidharma
  • 16. Conversations with Starglider
  • 17. Parakarma
  • 18. The Golden Butterflies
  • 19. By the Shores of Lake Saladin
  • 20. The Bridge that Danced
  • 21. Judgement

III—THE BELL

  • 22. Apostate
  • 23. Moondozer
  • 24. The Finger of God
  • 25. Orbital Roulette
  • 26. The Night Before Vesak
  • 27. Ashoka Station
  • 28. The First Lowering
  • 29. Final Approach
  • 30. The Legions of the King
  • 31. Exodus

IV—THE TOWER

  • 32. Space Express
  • 33. CORA
  • 34. Vertigo
  • 35. Starglider Plus Eighty
  • 36. The Cruel Sky
  • 37. The Billion-Ton Diamond

V—ASCENSION

  • 38. A Place of Silent Storms
  • 39. The Wounded Sun
  • 40. The End of the Line
  • 41. Meteor
  • 42. Death in Orbit
  • 43. Fail-Safe
  • 44. A Cave in the Sky
  • 45. The Man for the Job
  • 46. Spider
  • 47. Beyond the Aurora
  • 48. Night at the Villa
  • 49. A Bumpy Ride
  • 50. The Falling Fireflies
  • 51. On the Porch
  • 52. The Other Passenger
  • 53. Fade-out
  • 54. Theory of Relativity
  • 55. Hard Dock
  • 56. View from the Balcony
  • 57. The Last Dawn
  • 58. Epilogue: Kalidasa's Triumph
  • Afterword: Sources and Acknowledgments

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