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City - Clifford D. Simak
City
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On a far future Earth, mankind's achievements are immense: artificially intelligent robots, genetically uplifted animals, interplanetary travel, genetic modification of the human form itself. But nothing comes without a cost. Humanity is tired, its vigour all but gone. Society is breaking down... show more
On a far future Earth, mankind's achievements are immense: artificially intelligent robots, genetically uplifted animals, interplanetary travel, genetic modification of the human form itself. But nothing comes without a cost. Humanity is tired, its vigour all but gone. Society is breaking down into smaller communities, dispersing into the countryside and abandoning the great cities of the world. As the human race dwindles and declines, which of its great creations will inherit the Earth? And which will claim the stars ...?
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780575105232 (0575105232)
Publisher: Gollancz
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
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Noel's Blog
Noel's Blog rated it
3.5
This is a series of eight interlinked stories that deal with different generations of the Webster family and their robot servant Jenkins over thousands of years. Beginning the abandonment of the cities due to technological advances, it moves on to exploration of the solar system, the uplift of dogs ...
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Yzabel rated it
3.5 City
[I received a copy through NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review.]A hard one to rate, for sure. 3 to 3.5 stars?On the one hand, it's one of the classics of "old science fiction" I've always wanted to read—I only recently linked its English title to the French one. And, like many stories writte...
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