Vannemar Morgan's dream of linking Earth with the stars requires a 24,000-mile-high space elevator. But first he must solve a million technical, political, and economic problems while allaying the wrath of God. Includes a new introduction by the author.
Imperial Earth (1975) is a saga about the colonization of the solar system. The thematic determinants of the novel are determined by extrapolations of scientific hypotheses related to interplanetary travel, and by the SETI program.