Top floor in asynchronous orbit over the equator. Made possible through the magick of ZERO-Gee manufacturing process. Trademarked.
ONLY AVAILABLE IN SPACE.
Put ON your spacesuit and get to work.
Arthur C. Clarke.
Your future awaits in the VACUUM OF SPACE.
Some of my highlights and annotations:
The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
Book last read: 2023-11-04 17:54:04 Percentage read: 100%
Chapter 11: 9. Filament Annotation Chapter progress: 20.1% Highlight: It can be mass-produced only in the orbiting factories, where thereâs no gravity to interfere with the growth process.â
Notes: Manifest space economy.
Chapter 12: 10. The Ultimate Bridge Highlight Chapter progress: 21.13% Highlight: Iâm a newswoman, dammitânot a news person.â
Chapter 12: 10. The Ultimate Bridge Annotation Chapter progress: 22.68% Highlight: And then, for the first time in history, we will have a stairway to heavenâa bridge to the stars. Notes: Calling lord Nimrod.
Chapter 14: II. The Temple Highlight Chapter progress: 26.8% Highlight: Anyone who doubts the connection between religious fanaticism and perversion should take a long, hard look at the Malleus maleficarum or Huxleyâs The Devils of Loudun.â
Chapter 18: 15. Bodhidharma Annotation Chapter progress: 32.99% Highlight: Thatâs not good enough Notes: Covid scam.
Chapter 22: 19. By the Shores of Lake Saladin Annotation Chapter progress: 38.14% Highlight: He came of a family that was not afraid to take risks, and seldom had cause to regret them. Its first and most famous gambleâwhich had incurred the hatred of the whole Arab world for almost half a centuryâwas the investment of its abundant petro-dollars in the science and technology of Israel. Notes: Shiek Abdullah. Gfys Arthur C. Clarke.
Chapter 22: 19. By the Shores of Lake Saladin Annotation Chapter progress: 39.69% Highlight: The World Bank. The planetary banks. The federal government.â
Notes: Gfys Arthur C. Clarke
Chapter 26: 22. Apostate Annotation Chapter progress: 44.33% Highlight: Goldberg had been widely acclaimed as another Einstein Notes: Lol
Chapter 27: 23. Moondozer Annotation Chapter progress: 44.85% Highlight: But there was no substitute for reality; one should beware of imitations.
Notes: S&M face mask on children for health and safety.
Chapter 27: 23. Moondozer Annotation Chapter progress: 45.36% Highlight: All available funds were needed for the development of Mars. Notes: Gtfo planet Elon Musk.
Chapter 27: 23. Moondozer Annotation Chapter progress: 45.88% Highlight: EosâGreek for dawnâthe plan to rejuvenate Mars. Notes: Gfys total recall.
Chapter 27: 23. Moondozer Annotation Chapter progress: 46.39% Highlight: Mars could be another Garden of Eden. Notes: Fu Arthur C. Clarke
Chapter 28: 24. The Finger of God Annotation Chapter progress: 48.45% Highlight: Global Weather Authority, Notes: gfys Arthur C. Clarke.
Chapter 32: 28. The First Lowering Annotation Chapter progress: 53.09% Highlight: No one had ever before tried to steer a space probe trailing forty thousand kilometers of wire. Notes: Orbital cascade failure.
Chapter 39: 34. Vertigo Annotation Chapter progress: 60.82% Highlight: The universal code had made that unnecessary, since once a personâs lifetime identity number was known, he could be located within seconds. Notes: Fuck you, Arthur C. Clarke.
Chapter 44: 38. A Place of Silent Storms Annotation Chapter progress: 67.53% Highlight: At their upper limit they merge into the Van Allen radiation belt, whose discovery was the first triumph of the early Space Age. Notes: Apollo moon mystery.
Chapter 53: 47. Beyond the Aurora Annotation Chapter progress: 81.96% Highlight: We could ask Monsoon Control to dump a few barrels of electrons in the right places. Notes: Gfys weather control people.
Chapter 61: 55. Hard Dock Annotation Chapter progress: 91.75% Highlight: it was amazing how quickly one got used to the mask Notes: You dumb fucks.
Chapter 63: 57. The Last Dawn Highlight Chapter progress: 93.81% Highlight: It was good to breathe again without a mask,
