The City and the Stars

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The City and the Stars is a classic science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of immortality, memory, and the cyclical nature of civilization in a far-future utopian city.

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
science fiction novel ⓘ
alternateVersionOf Against the Fall of Night ⓘ
author Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ
authorNationality British ⓘ
basedOn Against the Fall of Night ⓘ
containsMotif closed city vs open world ⓘ
rebellion against social stasis ⓘ
contrastsWith Lys ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
exploresConcept city as closed system ⓘ
collective memory storage ⓘ
human evolution ⓘ
technological immortality ⓘ
genre science fiction ⓘ
hasCoverArtist Richard Powers ⓘ
hasISBN 978-0-575-07493-3 ⓘ
hasMainLocation city of Diaspar ⓘ
hasNarrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
hasPageCount 224 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm prose fiction ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Alvin ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
notableFor depiction of an extremely distant future ⓘ
influence on later far-future science fiction ⓘ
reworking of Clarke's earlier novella Against the Fall of Night ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfGenreTradition Golden Age science fiction ⓘ
primarySetting Diaspar ⓘ
protagonistType last-born human in Diaspar ⓘ
publicationYear 1956 ⓘ
publisher Harcourt Brace ⓘ
Victor Gollancz Ltd ⓘ
setting far future Earth ⓘ
structure single-volume standalone novel ⓘ
subgenre far future science fiction ⓘ
philosophical science fiction ⓘ
utopian fiction ⓘ
theme cyclical nature of civilization ⓘ
exploration and curiosity ⓘ
identity ⓘ
immortality ⓘ
memory ⓘ
utopia and stagnation ⓘ
timeScale set about a billion years in the future ⓘ
workOf Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ

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