Best Novel, 1980

The Fountains of Paradise

Arthur C. Clarke (opens in a new tab)

Hardcover, 255 pages · First published by Gollancz

An engineer sets out to build an elevator from the Earth's surface to orbit. The only place it can stand is a mountain that monks have held for two thousand years.

Also on the ballot

  • TitanJohn VarleyAnalog Jan,Feb,Mar,Apr 1979; Berkley Putnam, 1979
  • JemFrederik PohlSt. Martin’s, 1979
  • Harpist in the WindPatricia A. McKillipAtheneum, 1979
  • On Wings of SongThomas M. DischF&SF Feb,Mar,Apr 1979; St. Martin’s, 1979