Maxim reviewed The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
Far from the Clarke's best
Pretty weak for the Hugo-Nebula winner combo.
n the 22nd century visionary scientist Vannevar Morgan conceives the most grandiose engineering project of all time, and one which will revolutionize the future of humankind of space: a Space Elevator, 36,000 kilometres high, anchored to an equatorial island in the Indian Ocean.