Hope you all enjoyed your break, cos it's over tonight. Make the most of the rest of today.
Arthur C Clarke's Fountains of Paradise has been read and enjoyed recently. In fact, anything of Clarke's that I've read has been enjoyable and intriguingly prescient. Perhaps the existence of Arthur C Clarke is proof of time travel, as he seems to be able to uncannily make realistic future predictions in his science fiction. Perhaps his use of science helps....?
Anyway, this book's about an engineer who wants to build a space elevator after feeling a little underwhelmed by the completion of a bridge over the Gibraltar Straits. Perhaps the fact that somebody else got their name on the bridge aggrieved him? So the book follows the story of the construction of the space elevator and the problems encountered during the construction. Well in fairness, a novel without problems would be quite short.
If you like sci-fi, you should read Arthur Clarke.
And I hope I'm able to read in to the future like Arthur C Clarke, by wishing you a Happy New Year.
I have read some Arthur C Clarke also, a long time ago. I can't remember the titles of the books but one was definitely about living on the moon. I enjoyed it a lot and the nice thing about Arthur is that he has a huge number of books so if you like his style then you won't exhaust his library too fast. Started reading a book I bought last thursday which is a review of the Motogp season. More like an annual rather than a book as there are more pictures than words but I enjoy the technical end of things like the review of each bike. Easy bite-size chunks can be read also. I am also trying to read one of Ansel Adams books to further my knowledge on how to take a good black and white picture. A bit tough going at times but hopefully worth it in the end. Better start this year's work. Cherrio.
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