The Foundations of Paradise - Hardcover

Description

It is the year 2142 AD, and the brilliant visionary engineer Vannevar Morgan has evolved a method of building a gigantic 'Space Elevator' for transporting men and materials to a point outside the earth's atmosphere, thus marking the true begining of Man's interplanetary civilization. But before this awe inspiring conception can become a reality a major obstacle has to be faced. For these is only one point on earth suitable for the launching site - the peak of a sacred mountain which is jealously guarded by the monks who have inhabited it since time immemorial.

How their reistance is overcome, and what happens when Morgan's Elevator begins to tower into the sky, forms the basis of a dramatic tale in which scientific knowledge and soaring imagination both play their part. Taprobane, the setting of the novel is a thin disguise for Arthur Clarke's beloved Sri Lanka, and the background is sketched in with vivd life and colour.

Condition - 1979 Book Club Associates Edition - Good, the dust cover is showing signs of wear and tears on it. The pages are showing signs of age including marks and yellowing pages.