Jan 4, 2010

The City and the Stars | The City and the Stars

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Author: Arthur C. Clarke
First Published: 1956
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Science fiction—superbeing
Time of Work: The far future
Setting: The Earth cities of Diaspar, Lys, and Shalmirane, and the system of the Seven Suns
Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
Subjects: Future, Other worlds, Space flight or travel, Superman or superbeings
Locales: Space, Earth, alternate versions of

The Plot

Alvin is a Unique in Diaspar, freshly created rather than revived from the city’s Memory Banks. He is one of only fifteen new creations in a billion-year history. He knows he is not like others because he has never feared the open spaces in the seemingly dead world beyond the city’s towering walls. He finds a vantage point from which to view the endless sands, the night sky, and the fading stars, but no one in Diaspar is willing or able to bear the vistas he yearns to explore. He begins a systematic attempt to escape from the city’s perfect enclosure.

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The City and the Stars | The City and the Stars

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