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by Arthur C. Clarke
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Bry's Bountiful Book Blog
Bry's Bountiful Book Blog rated it 10 years ago
I've always really enjoyed science fiction, but I've always felt like I haven't read deeply enough in the genre to truly count myself a fan. A big part of the problem has always been the fact that I have always been a far bigger fan of fantasy, and I've prioritized that genre when deciding what to r...
SusannaG - Confessions of a Crazy Cat Lady
This Arthur C. Clarke novel, The City and the Stars, dates to the mid-1950s, I believe, and is a strange little book. (Technically this is a reread, as I'm pretty sure I read this going on 35 years ago, but remembered little of it other than the title.) It is the story of Alvin, who is turning tw...
Lisa (Harmony)
Lisa (Harmony) rated it 11 years ago
This is one of my favorite Clarke novels. It centers on Alvin, the first child born in ten million years in Diaspar, the city of the title, the last city on Earth. He's a "unique" rather than someone reborn from the Hall of Creation, and unique in wanting to go beyond the bounds of the city. Diaspar...
Konnici na Liriite - Chevalier Du Lys
This was my Second book by Arthur C Clarke. The first being is magnus opus 2001 Space Odyssey. This book was a kind of different from what I am used to read but I really want to learn more about the first steps given in SFF and Fantasy. Having almost every book in both Sci-fi and Fantasy Masterwork'...
Book Ramblings
Book Ramblings rated it 13 years ago
I have neglected Sir Arthur C. Clarke for far too long. Way back when I started reading science fiction I tended to read more of other two authors from the group commonly known as "Big Three of science fiction", these other two being Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov. I felt their works were somehow...
FriedEgg
FriedEgg rated it 15 years ago
A somewhat utopian vision of humanity's distant future.The city of Diaspar has stood for countless millions of years sealed off completely to the outside world and it's inhabitants living eternal lives free from strife and suffering. They spend their lives in the pursuit of pleasure, reaching new ar...
Strong tea and good books
Strong tea and good books rated it 16 years ago
The concept of The City and The Stars is interesting, the characterisation is weaker than many of Clarke's other novels but it doesn't detract too greatly from the quality of the story. A city who's inhabitants do not venture outside of its walls, one where they choose to live and can decide to go b...
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