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02121aam a2200349Ii 4500 001 9D31F712F09111E4AF152ED3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150502010131 008 140512s2015 nyu e 000 1 eng d 020 $a 9780765334398 020 $a 0765334399 035 $a (OCoLC)879582575 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $e rda $c YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d UKMGB $d UMR $d JUH $d SILO 100 1 $a Forstchen, William R., $e author. 245 10 $a Pillar to the sky / $c William R. Forstchen. 250 $a First Trade Paperback Edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY: $b Tor, $c 2015. 300 $a 396 pages ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "Skyrocketing oil prices, dwindling energy supplies, and a devastating drought that has led to wars over water scarcity threaten the planet. Four people strive to prevent global chaos: Gary Morgan, a renegade scientist ridiculed for his belief in a space elevator, or pillar to the sky; Eva Morgan, a brilliant scientist long obsessed with building a tower to supply cheap, limitless energy using the power of the sun; Erich Rothenberg, the ancient but revered scientist who labored to create the first rockets; and Franklin Smith, the eccentric Silicon Valley billionaire who will champion their cause, wage war with Congress and government bureaucracy, and most important, finance their Herculean undertaking. This journey to the stars will not be easy - a tumultuous struggle filled with violence and heroism, love and death, spellbinding beauty and heartbreaking betrayal. The stakes could not be higher. Humanity's salvation hands in the balance" --Back cover. 650 0 $a Scientists $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Power resources $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Inventions $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Astronautics $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Literature & Fiction. $2 local 655 7 $a Science Fiction & Fantasy. $2 local 941 $a 4 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20190611012241.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418105733.0 952 $l ACPD686 $d 20160602010736.0 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20150502024638.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9D31F712F09111E4AF152ED3DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b JUHInitiate Another SILO Locator Search