Notes: Undated 13th printing of an August 2001 edition, by numberline. Title page:

• Gollancz colophon.

Copyright page:

• "Copyright © Arthur C. Clarke 1979"
• "This edition first published in Great Britain in 2000 by [over] Millennium [over] An imprint of Victor Gollancz [over] Orion House, 5 Upper St Martin's Lane [over] London WC2H 9EA"
• "An Hachette Livre UK Company"
• "This edition reissued in Great Britain [over] in August 2001 by Gollancz [over] An imprint of the Orion Publishing Group"
• Numberline: "13"
• "ISBN 978 1 85798 721 8"
• "Printed in Great Britain by [over] Clays Ltd, St Ives plc"

Back cover:

• "Based on illustration by Chris Moore/ Artist Partners" (no visible signature on the artwork)
• "UK £8.99" (no additional pricing)

Spine:

• "SF Masterworks", "The Fountains of Paradise" in black; "Arthur C. Clarke" in orange, all on graduated yellow-to-white ground.

Foreword is unsigned. Page [12] is blank. Novel first titling is on unnumbered page [13], novel starts on first numbered page, 15. Pages 248-250 are unnumbered. Afterword titling is on page 249, essay starts numbered page 251. Afterword is signed twice on page 255; firstly as "Colombo [over] 1969-1978" and, five paragraphs later, as "Colombo [over] 18 September 1978". Addition to the Afterword is signed on the last numbered page, 257: "Arthur C. Clarke [over] March 1989 [over] Colombo". Contents are on pages 9-10, author bio on page [258]. Semi-gloss cover.