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Cities In Flight
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Cities In Flight
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) James Blish
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| Series | S.F. Masterworks |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:640 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 196,Width 130 |
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| Category/Genre | Science fiction |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780575094178
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| Classifications | Dewey:813.54 813.54 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Orion Publishing Co
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| Imprint |
Gateway
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| Publication Date |
29 March 2010 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
James Blish's galaxy-spanning masterwork, originally published in four volumes, explores a future in which two crucial discoveries - antigravity devices which enable whole cities to be lifted from the Earth to become giant spaceships and longevity drugs which enable their inhabitants to live for thousands of years - lead to the establishment of a unique Galactic empire.
Author Biography
James Blish (1921-75) studied microbiology at Rutgers and then served as a medical laboratory technician in the US army during the Second World War. Among his best known books are CITIES IN FLIGHT, A CASE OF CONSCIENCE, for which he won the Hugo in 1959 for Best Novel, DOCTOR MIRABILIS, BLACK EASTER and THE DAY AFTER JUDGEMENT.
ReviewsAn outrageous imaginative coup...Crammed with high adventure yet illuminated by a searching intelligence, this four-part epic completely reinvented the traditions of space opera. - Paul J McAuley. Of the first importance. - The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. This is the real heady wine of science fiction - exciting, intelligent, galaxy-spanning stuff. - Terry Pratchett.
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