Cities in Flight

#3 SF Masterworks

James Blish

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Gollancz
01 May 2010

Science fiction; Future Society; GALAXY Special Event 1

Series: SF Masterworks

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.

By: James Blish
Imprint: Gollancz
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 42mm
Weight: 500g
ISBN: 9780575094178
ISBN 10: 0575094176
Series: SF Masterworks
Pages: 640
Publication Date: 01 May 2010
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for Cities in Flight (#3 SF Masterworks)

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 McAuley. Of the first importance. - The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. This is the real heady wine of science fiction - exciting, intelligent, galaxy-spanning stuff. - Terry Pratchett.