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Cities in Flight by James Blish

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Popular In Cities in Flight

Anne Abbott
Bliss Wagoner
The Bridge

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"He knew well enough that the end cannot justify the means; but if there are no other means, and the end is necessary …."


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"We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism."


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"it had been a bad day in a long succession of bad days."


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A rainy, dimly lit urban street at night, captured through a window streaked with raindrops, reflecting the mood of a bad day in a long succession of bad days. A distressed person with closed eyes and disheveled hair, leaning against a grungy, cracked wall with dark splotches, embodying the despair described in it had been a bad day in a long succession of bad days. A person sits slumped against a wall in a dimly lit, grimy setting, embodying the despair of a quote about enduring a bad day among many. Chains hang overhead, adding to the somber atmosphere. Two figures walk through a desolate, war-torn landscape, with a gloomy sky and smoke in the distance, reflecting the quote, It had been a bad day in a long succession of bad days.

"Because scientific method doesn’t work any more. It depends on freedom of information, and we deliberately killed that."


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A skeletal scientist is surrounded by lab equipment, ominous smoke, and abstract scientific diagrams, symbolizing the collapse of scientific method due to restricted freedom of information. A scientist sits at a cluttered desk, surrounded by books and lab equipment, in a chaotic lab with swirling equations and cosmic elements, reflecting the breakdown of scientific method due to restricted information. A person at a futuristic workstation with multiple screens, bathed in vibrant, chaotic colors reflecting a dystopian world where scientific method has failed due to suppressed freedom of information. A psychedelic depiction of a scientist, with colorful, abstract energy waves and particles swirling around their head, reflecting the quote about the collapse of the scientific method due to restricted information.

"There was always a tornado shaking the Bridge. The whole planet was enswathed in tornadoes and worse."


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"That was at the northwestern end of the Bridge, where it broke off, leaving nothing but the raging clouds of ammonia crystals and methane, and a sheer drop thirty miles down to the invisible surface."


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A broken bridge ends abruptly, surrounded by swirling, tumultuous clouds of orange and green. Below, an indistinguishable chasm looms, capturing the described scene from the book. A fantastical scene depicting a celestial bridge breaking off into turbulent clouds of vibrant colors, with planets in the background and a sheer drop vanishing into an unseen void below. A dramatic scene with a broken bridge ending abruptly surrounded by swirling, fiery clouds, reminiscent of a quote describing the northwestern end of a bridge above a stormy drop of ammonia and methane. A fantastical, turbulent scene of colorful clouds, representing the quote's raging clouds of ammonia and methane at the broken northwestern end of the Bridge with a sheer drop into the abyss below.

"The Bridge was building itself. Massive, alone, and lifeless, it grew in the black deeps of Jupiter."


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A massive, lifeless bridge constructs itself in the dark, swirling clouds of Jupiter, reflecting the book quote's mysterious imagery. A massive, lifeless bridge is forming amidst swirling clouds and dark depths, evoking the quote about a bridge building itself in the black deeps of Jupiter. A massive bridge constructs itself amid swirling clouds and fiery skies, set against the backdrop of Jupiter's black deeps in a dramatic, otherworldly scene. A massive, lifeless bridge builds itself amidst the fiery, dark clouds and swirling chaos in the black deeps of Jupiter.

"“REPENT!” the robot intoned,"


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A robot with glowing red eyes and a distressed blue and orange body holds a sign that reads REPENT! against a background of colorful, futuristic lights. A distressed robot with red eyes and gears showing says REPENT! in a comic-style speech bubble. The background is a striking mix of green and purple. A gray, weathered robot with antennas stands against a blurred background, with the word REPENT! displayed on its chest. A vintage-style robot with a stern expression and an antenna on its head, displaying a sign that reads REPENT!

"Anne Abbott was one of those exceedingly rare plain girls whose smiles completely transform them, as abruptly as the bursting of a star-shell."


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Portrait of a smiling young woman with a transformative, radiant smile, wearing a yellow blouse against a vibrant blue background. Painting of a girl named Anne Abbott, smiling radiantly amid vibrant, star-shell-like bursts of yellow and orange hues. Black and white portrait of a young woman with curly hair, beaming a transformative smile reminiscent of a star-shell's burst. Black and white image of a young woman with curly hair, smiling radiantly and looking upward, reminiscent of Anne Abbott's transformative smile described in literature.

"a man who had seen her smile might well be willing to kill himself working to make her smile again"


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Genres Featured In Cities in Flight

Science Fiction (Dominant)
Space Opera (Major)
Adventure (Prominent)
Hard Science Fiction (Notable)
Historical Fiction (Sub-Genre)

Themes Featured In Cities in Flight

Human Ingenuity (Significant)
The Nature of Power (Moderate)
Survival and Adaptation (Major)
Isolation vs. Community (Noticable)
The Consequences of Technology (Significant)
Exploration and Discovery (Moderate)
The Passage of Time (Minor)
Existentialism (Noticable)

Tones In Cities in Flight

Optimistic (Moderate)
Melancholic (Noticable)
Adventurous (Strong)
Philosophical (Mild)
Nostalgic (Mild)
Dystopian (Moderate)
Hopeful (Noticable)
Pessimistic (Mild)
Urgent (Strong)
Reflective (Noticable)

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