![]() In the final novel, The Triumph of Time, history repeats itself as the cities once again journey back in to space making a terrifying discovery which could destroy the entire Universe. ![]() In Earthman, Come Home, the nomadic cities revert to barbarism and marauding rogue cities begin to pose a threat to all civilized worlds. In A Life for the Stars, it is centuries later and anti-gravity generations have enabled whole cities to lift off the surface of the earth to become galactic wanderers. His battle to realize his dream results in two momentous discoveries anti-gravity and the secret of immortality. In the first novel, They Shall Have Stars, man has thoroughly explored the Solar System, yet the dream of going even further seems to have died in all but one man. ![]() Despite having been conceived more than 50 years ago, and produced in episodic fashion, they stand head and shoulders above most SF available today. tThese novels convey Blish's "history of the future," a brilliant and bleak look at a world where cities roam the Galaxy looking for work and a sustainable way of life. Cities in Flight is an omnibus volume of four novels, originally published between 19, two of which are fix-ups of pieces that first appeared in various magazines in the early '50s. ![]() 2000Ĭities in Flight brings together the famed "Okie novels" of science fiction master James Blish. An armada of renegade cities attempts to destroy Earth, their ancient birthplace. ![]()
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