From the cover:
"In the 22nd century visionary scientist Vannevar Morgan conceives the most grandiouse engineering project of all time, and one which will revolutionize the future of humankind in space: a Space Elevator, 36,000 kilometers high, anchored to an equatorial island in the Indian Ocean."

Das Buch ist Hugo- und Nebula-Preisträger 1980.

Es zählt außerdem für efells Lesechallenge 2019 in der Kategorie 17: Buch hat mindestens 17 Kapitel

The best novel by Arthur C. Clarke I read so far: Apart from the epilogue it keeps away from strange esotericism, the charcters are better developed than in most novels by Clarke I read so far, and there is even a plot that goes beyonde mere background for scientific ideas.
Yes, the scientific ideas are interesting as always at Clarke, and the casual world building is really fascinating. - And I liked, that this is one of the few books with a civil engineer as main character.

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