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 The City and the Stars (Signet Q5371) $9.99 He was the first child to be born on Earth for at least ten million years. . . and because he was so different from the others in the city, he set out to prove what they all denied - that life existed outside their fabulous metropolis, and that man could survive in the mysterious outer world. And so the last adventurer left the city to find the stars. . . Here is a suspenseful novel of the future, when a daring exploration into the unknown changes the course of existence for the two isolated nations that are the sole survivors on an otherwise deserted, devastated earth. Fearing that any communication between their peoples will send their cities crashing into the oblivion which has destroyed all other civilizations, the rulers of Diaspar and Lys have carefully concealed the knowledge of each other's existence. But when a bold, restless young man from Diaspar plans an illegal and venturesome journey of discovery, he sets in motion the daring plan that challenges and threatens to change both nations' sheltered way of life. 1975 Locus Poll Award, All-Time Best Novel (Place: 17). 1987 Locus Poll Award, All-Time Best SF Novel (Place: 32). 1998 Locus Poll Award, All-Time Best SF Novel before 1990 (Place: 34). First published 1956 and still widely read. |
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