Charles Sheffield

beanstalk n.	1979 C. Sheffield Web Between Worlds (1981) ii. 31 ‘And take a look at the old reports on the dynamics of the bridge. You’ll see that it’s usually called a skyhook, although to me it always seems to be more like a Beanstalk.’ He laughed. ‘Up from the surface of the Earth, to a new land at the top of it—surely that’s a Beanstalk, if ever I heard of one. Pity your name isn’t Jack.’