Earthman, Come Home
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Average rating3.7
When the cities left Earth, they exchanged a simple environment for one of constant, sometimes shattering, change. The Universe was littered with cultures in every conceivable stage of development. Only the iron hand of the germanium-backed economy and occasional interventions by the Earth police imposed some kind of order on the spaceways. Even John Amalfi never got used to the constant crisis of life on board and "Okie" city. And he had been mayor of New York for nearly five hundred years now...
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4 primary booksCities in Flight is a 4-book series with 4 primary works first released in 1955 with contributions by James Blish.
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Another really good book. The book follows the “series of vignettes” style of the last book, but with more of a serialized tone instead of an episodic one.
There are a few things I'm wondering though, which might not be answered in future books - in particular, what City was Interstellar Master Traders supposed to be, exactly? Florence? Rome? Jerusalem? Goodness knows that last one would have some serious Unfortunate Implications if that was the case.
Also, the comments about New York's subways in the story also kind of makes me wonder - when New York lifted for the first time, was it just Manhattan Island? Did some of the other boroughs come along as well? Inquiring minds want to know?
Though far-fetched and a bit dated, the continuing adventures of the spacefaring city of New York with its never-aging, indomitable Mayor Amalfi, is a true action-packed space opera.
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