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Cities In Flight (Gollancz S.F.)

Cities In Flight (Gollancz S.F.)

by JamesBlish (Author)

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    Paperback 2006

    $3.25

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    Paperback 1999

    $3.25
Synopsis

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.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 608
 Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 01 Aug 2006
ISBN 10: 0575078987
ISBN 13: 9780575078987
Book Overview: A stunning SF novel Republished by Gollancz with a specially commissioned introduction by Stephen Baxter Astounding new cover treatment to make this backlist series a must-have collection The promotion includes the best-known names in SF: Philip K. Dick, Alfred Bester, Kurt Vonnegut, Daniel Keyes, Roger Zelazny, Frederick Pohl, Ursula K. Le Guin, Joe Haldeman and Richard Matheson as well as James Blish. This really is the very best of classic SF 'This is the real heady wine of science fiction - exciting, intelligent, galaxy-spanning stuff' Terry Pratchett An 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. McCauley 'Of the first importance' The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

Author Bio
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.