A serious and haunting vision of our world and its limits. 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 antigravity 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.
Named after the migrant workers of America's Dust Bowl, these 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. Pp607 #W187 380-00197-125 Mass Market Paperback in acceptable condition Clean pages-inked names on first 2 pages, tear on first page, age or shelf darkened pages Heavily creased Spine with major edge rubbing Heavy edgewearwith creases on covers spine is not looseCities in Flight brings together the famed "Okie novels" of science fiction master James Blish. James Benjamin Blish ( July 30, 1975) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer.
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