Title: The Fountains of Paradise

Title: The Fountains of Paradise Title Record # 1903
Author: Arthur C. Clarke
Date: 1979-01-00
Type: NOVEL
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Year	Language	Title
1979^ⓘTranslated by Kurt Mahr (under his legal name Klaus Mahn)	German	Fahrstuhl zu den Sternen
1980^ⓘTranslated by Zoran Živković	Serbian	Rajski Vodoskoci [as by Artur Klark]
1980^ⓘTranslated by Georges H. Gallet	French	Les fontaines du paradis
1981^ⓘTranslated by Peter Cuijpers	Dutch	De fonteinen van het Paradijs
1990^ⓘTranslated by Mário Rui de Almeida Matos	Portuguese	As Fontes do Paraiso
2015^ⓘTranslated by Susana L. de Alexandria	Portuguese	As Fontes do Paraíso

Year	Title
1979	The Fountains of Paradise (Part 1 of 2)
1979	The Fountains of Paradise (Part 2 of 2)

Year	Language	Title
1979	Italian	Le Fontane del Paradiso (Complete Novel)
1980^ⓘTranslated by 山高昭(Yamataka Akira)	Japanese	楽園の泉 (Part 1 of 10)^?らくえんのいずみ (Part 1 of 10) Rakuen no Izumi (Part 1 of 10) [as by アーサー・C・クラーク^?Āsā C. Kurāku ]

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Nomination	1979 BSFA	Best Novel
1	1980 Hugo	Best Novel
Win	1980 Nebula	Novel
3	1980 Locus	Best SF Novel

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Fountains of Paradise	1979-00-00	Arthur C. Clarke	BCA by arrangement with Gollancz	CN 6530	£4.95^?£: UK pound	270	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Terry Oakes
The Fountains of Paradise	1979-01-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Gollancz	0-575-02520-4	£4.95^?£: UK pound	255	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Terry Oakes
The Fountains of Paradise	1979-01-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Harcourt Brace Jovanovich	0-15-132773-4	$10.00^?$: US dollar	xiv+ 261	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Paul Bacon
Playboy, January 1979	1979-01-00	ed. Editors of Playboy	Playboy		$3.00^?$: US dollar	414	bedsheet^?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.	mag
Playboy, February 1979	1979-02-00	ed. Editors of Playboy	Playboy		$2.25^?$: US dollar	226	bedsheet^?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.	mag
The Fountains of Paradise	1979-05-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Harcourt Brace Jovanovich / SFBC	3396	$3.50^?$: US dollar	viii+ 245	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Paul Bacon
Urania #796	1979-08-12	ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini	Mondadori	796	Lit 900^?Lit: Italian lira	228	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Karel Thole
Fahrstuhl zu den Sternen	1979-10-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Moewig (Bibliothek Science Fiction)	3-8118-0173-2	DM 19.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	372	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Dieter Ziegenfeuter
The Fountains of Paradise	1980-00-00	Arthur C. Clarke	G. K. Hall & Co.	0-8161-3039-6		xiii+ 514	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Fountains of Paradise	1980-00-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Pan Books	0-330-25984-9	£1.25^?£: UK pound	234	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Chris Moore
The Fountains of Paradise	1980-00-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Pan Books	0-330-25984-9	£1.25^?£: UK pound	234	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Chris Moore
Rajski vodoskoci	1980-00-00	Artur Klark	Jugoslavija (Kentaur)			260	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Danica Antić^?Danica Antic Danica Antich
The Fountains of Paradise	1980-02-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-25356-6	$2.50^?$: US dollar	xiv+ 305	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Terry Oakes
The Fountains of Paradise	1980-02-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-25356-6	C$2.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	xiii+ 305	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Terry Oakes
S-Fマガジン 1980年02月号, #257^?Esu-Efu Magajin 1980-nen 02-gatsu Gō, #257 Esu-Efu Magajin 1980-nen 02-gatsu Gou, #257 S-F Magajin 1980-nen 02-gatsu Gō, #257 S-F Magajin 1980-nen 02-gatsu Gou, #257	1980-02-00	ed. 今岡清^?いまおかきよし Imaoka Kiyoshi	早川書房^?Hayakawa Shobō Hayakawa Shobo はやかわしょぼうハヤカワショボウ			472	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	mag	加藤直之^?かとうなおゆき Katō Naoyuki Katou Naoyuki
Les fontaines du paradis	1980-03-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Albin Michel (Albin Michel - Super+Fiction #7)	2-226-00937-X		280	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Terry Oakes
The Fountains of Paradise	1980-04-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Pan Books	0-330-25984-9	£1.25^?£: UK pound	232+ [2]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Chris Moore
The Fountains of Paradise	1980-08-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Del Rey / Ballantine (Canada)	0-345-25356-6	C$2.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	305	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Terry Oakes
De fonteinen van het Paradijs	1981-00-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Bruna	90-229-7583-5		272	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Terry Oakes
The Fountains of Paradise	1981-09-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-25356-6	C$2.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	xiii+ 305	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Terry Oakes
Les fontaines du paradis	1982-03-12	Arthur C. Clarke	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #1304)	2-277-21304-7		285	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Christopher Foss
The Fountains of Paradise	1982-10-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-25356-6	$2.50^?$: US dollar	305	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Terry Oakes
The Fountains of Paradise	1984-00-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-31559-6	$2.95^?$: US dollar	305	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Terry Oakes
The Fountains of Paradise	1984-01-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-31559-6	$2.95^?$: US dollar	305	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Terry Oakes
Fahrstuhl zu den Sternen	1985-06-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Bastei Lübbe^?Bastei Luebbe ( Bastei Lübbe Allgemeine Reihe^?Bastei Luebbe Allgemeine Reihe #13012)	3-404-13012-X	DM 7.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	320	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Chris Foss
Les fontaines du paradis	1986-02-25	Arthur C. Clarke	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #1304)	2-277-21304-7		285	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Christopher Foss
The Fountains of Paradise	1988-00-00	Arthur C. Clarke	The Easton Press (The Masterpieces of Science Fiction)			xv+ 261	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Fountains of Paradise	1988-04-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-34794-3	$3.50^?$: US dollar	303	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Terry Oakes
The Fountains of Paradise	1989-08-00	Arthur C. Clarke	VGSF / Gollancz (VGSF Classics #34)	0-575-04590-6	£3.50^?£: UK pound	258	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Terry Oakes
As Fontes do Paraiso	1990-00-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Edições 70 (Orion: clássicos de ficção científica #1)			223	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Tim White
The Fountains of Paradise	1991-01-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Bantam Spectra	0-553-28819-9	$4.95^?$: US dollar	284	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Paul Swendsen
Rajski vodoskoci	1992-00-00	Artur Klark	Polaris Beograd (SF biblioteka Polaris)			212	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Foss
Les fontaines du paradis	1992-07-21	Arthur C. Clarke	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #1304)	2-277-21304-7		285	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Christopher Foss
The Fountains of Paradise	1992-12-00	Arthur C. Clarke	VGSF / Gollancz	0-575-04590-6	£3.99^?£: UK pound	258	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Roy Virgo
The Fountains of Paradise	1997-03-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Vista	0-575-60153-1	£4.99^?£: UK pound	258	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Roy Virgo
The Fountains of Paradise	2000-10-12	Arthur C. Clarke	Millennium / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #34)	1-85798-721-7	£6.99^?£: UK pound	257	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
The Fountains of Paradise	2001-09-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Aspect / Warner Books	0-446-67794-9	$14.95^?$: US dollar	330	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Don Dixon
The Fountains of Paradise	2004-00-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #34)	1-85798-721-7	£6.99^?£: UK pound	257	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
Les fontaines du paradis	2005-12-01	Arthur C. Clarke	Gallimard (Folio SF #233)	2-07-031758-7		465	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Alain Brion
The Fountains of Paradise	2009-08-25	Arthur C. Clarke	Audible Studios				digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel	Chris Moore
The Fountains of Paradise	2011-11-22	Arthur C. Clarke	Brilliance Audio	978-1-4558-5768-5	$19.99^?$: US dollar		audio CD^?Compact disc with standard audio tracks	novel	Chris Moore
The Fountains of Paradise	2012-03-19	Arthur C. Clarke	Gateway / Orion	978-0-575-12176-8	£4.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Fountains of Paradise	2012-11-30	Arthur C. Clarke	RosettaBooks	978-0-7953-2543-4	$8.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
As Fontes do Paraíso	2015-03-23	Arthur C. Clarke	Editora Aleph	978-85-7657-182-7	R$44.90^?R$: Brazilian real	352	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Pedro Inoue
As Fontes do Paraíso	2022-00-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Editora Aleph	978-85-7657-500-9	R$59.90^?R$: Brazilian real	337	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Fountains of Paradise	2022-09-27	Arthur C. Clarke	RosettaBooks	978-0-7953-0008-0	$17.99^?$: US dollar	196	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
The Fountains of Paradise	date unknown	Arthur C. Clarke	Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #34)	1-85798-721-7	£6.99^?£: UK pound	257	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
The Fountains of Paradise	date unknown	Arthur C. Clarke	Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #34)	1-85798-721-7	£6.99^?£: UK pound	257	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
The Fountains of Paradise	date unknown	Arthur C. Clarke	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-1-85798-721-8	£7.99^?£: UK pound	257	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
The Fountains of Paradise	date unknown	Arthur C. Clarke	Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #34)	978-1-85798-721-8	£6.99^?£: UK pound	257	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
The Fountains of Paradise	date unknown	Arthur C. Clarke	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-1-4072-4853-0	£7.99^?£: UK pound	257	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
The Fountains of Paradise	date unknown	Arthur C. Clarke	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-1-85798-721-8	£8.99^?£: UK pound	257	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
Fahrstuhl zu den Sternen	date unknown	Arthur C. Clarke	Moewig (Bibliothek Science Fiction)	3-8118-0173-2	DM 19.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	372	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Dieter Ziegenfeuter

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Reviews

Review by Stephen P. Brown [as by Steve Brown] (1979) in Science Fiction Review, March 1979
Review by Paul Kincaid (1979) in Vector 92
Review by Charles N. Brown (1979) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1979
Review by Keith Curtis (1979) in Science Fiction: A Review of Speculative Literature, #4
Review by Douglas A. Mackey (1979) in Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, July 1979 , reprinted in:
Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review: The Complete Series, Vol. I, No. 1-Vol. II, No. 13, January 1979-February 1980 (2009)
Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review: The Complete Series, Vol. I, No. 1-Vol. II, No. 13, January 1979-February 1980 (2009)
Review by Douglas A. Mackey (1979) in Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, July 1979 , reprinted in:
Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review: The Complete Series, Vol. I, No. 1-Vol. II, No. 13, January 1979-February 1980 (2009)
Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review: The Complete Series, Vol. I, No. 1-Vol. II, No. 13, January 1979-February 1980 (2009)
Review by John Litchen (1979) in Australian SF News, July 1979
Review by Tom Staicar (1979) in Amazing Stories, August 1979
Review by Algis Budrys (1979) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 1979
Review by Ian Watson (1979) in Foundation, #17 September 1979
Review by Floyd Kemske (1979) in Galileo, November 1979
Review [German] by William Voltz (1980) in SF Perry Rhodan Magazin, 1/80
Review by uncredited (1980) in Ad Astra, Issue Nine
Review by Joseph Nicholas (1980) in Paperback Inferno, Volume 3, Number 5
Review [French] by Richard D. Nolane (1980) in Fiction, #310
Review by Bruce Gillespie (1981) in SF Commentary, #62/63/64/65/66
Review [German] by uncredited (1982) in Reclams Science Fiction Führer
Review by R. A. Lafferty (1984) in It's Down the Slippery Cellar Stairs , reprinted in:
It's Down the Slippery Cellar Stairs (1986)
Review by Steven Tew (1990) in Paperback Inferno, #82
Review by Bruce Gillespie (1991) in SF Commentary, #69/70
Review by Michael J. Tolley (1993) in SF Commentary, #73/74/75
Review by uncredited (2001) in Vector 215
Review by Bruce A. Beatie (2001) in SFRA Review #254-5
Review by Rob Weber (2014) in Big Sky, #3: SF Masterworks 1
Review by Glenn Myers (2014) in Big Sky, #3: SF Masterworks 1
Review [French] by
Stéphanie Chaptal^?Stephanie Chaptal
(2021) in Bifrost, #102

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