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Hi, guys. Could you please help me with this book cause I'm preparing my thesis and it's about sci-fi. I'm dealing with six novels and he fountains of paradise is one of them. I just find difficulty finding useful sources for my argument since this book is new. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance :)

Alger Smythe-Hopkins Whoa Noura.

You will have to give us a lot more information about what you are looking for, not just a statement that "I just find difficulty finding …moreWhoa Noura.

You will have to give us a lot more information about what you are looking for, not just a statement that "I just find difficulty finding useful sources for my argument", and then never tell us what the argument is. And I am more than a little offended by your claims of expertise and deep research in your responses to Zina, who was asking reasonable questions that address exactly what I would want to know. Even after reading that exchange I have to admit that I remain completely baffled by what you are asking us to recommend. Why would you want other sci-fi authors reflecting on this novel? You use some buzz words like 'analyze this novel', but to what purpose and with what frame? Is this a theory driven thesis? or are you writing a literature review?

Now before you start sh*tposting at me too, let me credential myself. I hold a doctorate and am a former academic and really I think you owe Zina a debt of gratitude for taking your question more seriously than you did. I read your original question and assumed that you were one of those students who expects other people to do their school work, right down to writing it for them. If all you want is commentary from authors on this novel, the solution is so obvious that I am still baffled about what you are asking us to do for you. Look, the entire novel is about space travel, the author was a giant in the genre, and it won major awards. So with that in mind you could go to Argosy or other sci-fi mag of the period to get critical reviews by sci-fi authors who would have to at least mention space travel. Another obvious tack would be to perform what we in the research business like to call "an internet search".
https://infinispace.net/the-fountains...

You never did answer what about a novel written more than four decades ago is so "new" that you can't find academic sources.
https://online.liverpooluniversitypre...
I suspect you are really bad a research if you couldn't find that in six months. It took me two minutes.

Anyway, chin-chin and if you do still want/need help with this, try reframing your request as an actual question that we can answer.(less)

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hi.. what age do you recommend for Arthur C Clarke books and does he use very heavy words?

Tim Words are not that long. I read Arthur C. Clarke in Middle School (7th grade) and did not have any problems.

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what ages do you recommend to read this book and what other Arthur C Clarke book are good?

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