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City - Clifford D. Simak

Description: ISBN 188296828X / Author: Clifford D. Simak / Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy

Newest Review: ... great, as each story already had a unifying theme: they were all tales told around a campfire. Now, while this may seem an ... more

... odd premise for a sci fi novel, when you come to understand that man has disappeared from this world, and the tales are told by sentient dogs and robots, it begins to make a bit more sense. It even becomes more startlingly likely, as one reads on, as it begins to look prescient as the best sci fi always does. How so? Well, it might have been 1940 something, but Simak foresaw the Internet, and all the ramifications that an online life could bring. Growing increasingly insular in real life, and expanding their soc...more

Price Comparison for City - Clifford D. Simak

	City Pages: 251, Edition: Centennial, Hardcover, Old Earth Books Last Update 07.01.2010 06:11	£ 53.60

City
Pages: 251, Edition: Centennial, Hardcover, Old Earth Books

Last Update 07.01.2010 06:11

£ 53.60

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City - Clifford D. Simak: The World has Gone to the Dogs (688 words)
by - written on 26/06/08 (Very useful, 109 readings)
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In the 1940's pulp sci fi was flourishing. Every week would bring out a new edition of some sci fi story magazine or another which would be avidly gobbled up by eager fans. Many of the famous tales we see grace our big screens date from these humble beginnings, and many a grandmaster of science fiction began by collecting his rejection and acceptance notices from these newsstand meccas of the imagination. Indeed, it was in one such now legendary magazine, Astounding Science Fiction, that the City stories by Clifford Simak were initially found. Printed as stand alones in a series during the 1940's, it was not until 1952 that they were gathered up and published as a ... Read the complete review