- Fiction in English, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, general
From the back cover of Ace paperback May 1984:
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and epic.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Charles Sheffield
- First published
- 1979
- Pages
- 274
- Publisher
- Arrow, Ace Books, Sidgwick and Jackson
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- Spanish, French, English
- ISBN
- 9780099266709
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“The idea of a space elevator, a load-bearing cable that extends from the surface of the earth to high orbit and beyond, is an old one.”
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