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Cities in Flight
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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Because scientific method doesn’t work any more. It depends on freedom of information, and we deliberately killed that.
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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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The Bridge was building itself. Massive, alone, and lifeless, it grew in the black deeps of Jupiter.
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“REPENT!” the robot intoned,
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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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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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