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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Ibooks
Publication date
October 1, 2002
Pages
240
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780743452632
ISBN-10
0743452631
Dimensions
0.75 by 3.75 by 6.75 in.
Weight
0.30 lbs.
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$6.99
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
The planet's few remaining Christians, Jews, and Moslems must battle robots and animated stone monuments to reclaim the desert haven they used to call home. By the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of Blood Music. Reprint.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: In a theocratic world far into the future, cities control their own movements and organization. Constantly moving, growing and decaying, taking care of every need their inhabitants might think of, the cities have decided that humans are no longer a necessary part of their architecture, casting them out to wander in the wilderness and eke out a meager subsistence. To the exiled humans, the cities represent a paradisiacal Eden, a reminder of all they cannot attain due to their sinful and unworthy natures. But things are beginning to change. People are no longer willing to allow the cities to keep them out, choosing instead to force an entry and plunder at will. The cities are starting to crumble and die because they have no purpose or reason to continue living without citizens. One woman, called mad by some and wise by others, is the only human allowed to inhabit a city. From her lonely and precarious position at the heart of one of the greatest cities ever, she must decide the fate of the relationship between human society and the ancient strongholds of knowledge, while making one last desperate attempt to save the living cities.
Editions
Hardcover
from Severn House Pub Ltd (June 1, 1991)
9780727841933 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $18.95
About: In a theocratic world far into the future, cities control their own movements and organization.
About: In a theocratic world far into the future, cities control their own movements and organization.
Paperback
from Ingram Pub Services (June 24, 2014)
9781497642355 | details & prices | 288 pages | List price $13.99
About: In a theocratic world far into the future, cities control their own movements and organization.
About: In a theocratic world far into the future, cities control their own movements and organization.
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Reprint edition from Ibooks (October 1, 2002)
9780743452632 | details & prices | 240 pages | 3.75 × 6.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $6.99
About: The planet's few remaining Christians, Jews, and Moslems must battle robots and animated stone monuments to reclaim the desert haven they used to call home.
About: The planet's few remaining Christians, Jews, and Moslems must battle robots and animated stone monuments to reclaim the desert haven they used to call home.
from E-Rights/E-Reads Ltd (October 1, 2000)
9781585862290 | details & prices | List price $19.95
About: In the deserts of God-Does-Battle the Cities stand alone, as beleaguered as the aspirations of mankind.
About: In the deserts of God-Does-Battle the Cities stand alone, as beleaguered as the aspirations of mankind.
Reprint edition from Questar (November 1, 1991)
9780446361934 | details & prices | 4.50 × 6.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.25 lbs | List price $4.99
About: The planet's few remaining Christians, Jews, and Moslems must battle robots and animated stone monuments to reclaim the desert haven they used to call home
About: The planet's few remaining Christians, Jews, and Moslems must battle robots and animated stone monuments to reclaim the desert haven they used to call home
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