The Fountains of Paradise

Vannemar Morgans dream is to link Earth to the stars with the greatest engineering feat of all timea 24,000-mile-high space elevator. But first he must solve a million technical, political, and economic problems while allaying the wrath of God. For the only possible site on the planet for Morgans Orbital Tower is the monastery atop the Sacred Mountain of Sri Kanda.

Introduction

xiii

Preface

xv

I. The Palace

Kalidasa

3

(6)

The Engineer

9

(8)

The Fountains

17

(2)

Demon Rock

19

(10)

Through the Telescope

29

(6)

The Artist

35

(4)

The God-King's Palace

39

(10)

Malgara

49

(2)

Filament

51

(4)

The Ultimate Bridge

55

(12)

The Silent Princess

67

(10)

II. The Temple

Starglider

77

(4)

Shadow at Dawn

81

(8)

The Education of Starglider

89

(4)

Bodhidharma

93

(6)

Conversations with Starglider

99

(6)

Parakarma

105

(8)

The Golden Butterflies

113

(2)

By the Shores of Lake Saladin

115

(8)

The Bridge That Danced

123

(8)

Judgment

131

(6)

III. The Bell

Apostate

137

(4)

Moondozer

141

(10)

The Finger of God

151

(2)

Orbital Roulette

153

(4)

The Night before Vesak

157

(4)

Ashoka Station

161

(6)

The First Lowering

167

(6)

Final Approach

173

(6)

The Legions of the King

179

(4)

Exodus

183

(6)

IV. The Tower

Space Express

189

(6)

CORA

195

(4)

Vertigo

199

(10)

Starglider Plus Eighty

209

(2)

The Cruel Sky

211

(6)

The Billion-Ton Diamond

217

(6)

V. Ascension

A Place of Silent Storms

223

(4)

The Wounded Sun

227

(6)

The End of the Line

233

(4)

Meteor

237

(2)

Death in Orbit

239

(2)

Fail-Safe

241

(4)

A Cave in the Sky

245

(8)

The Man for the Job

253

(4)

Spider

257

(8)

Beyond the Aurora

265

(6)

Night at the Villa

271

(4)

A Bumpy Ride

275

(4)

The Falling Fireflies

279

(4)

On the Porch

283

(4)

The Other Passenger

287

(6)

Fade-Out

293

(6)

Theory of Relativity

299

(4)

Hard Dock

303

(6)

View from the Balcony

309

(4)

The Last Dawn

313

(6)

Epilogue: Kalidasa's Triumph

319

(6)

Sources and Acknowledgments

325

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