ask Clifford Simak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_(novel) …https://twitter.com/risruc_habteb/status/1134436781812850692 …
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2/ It's ... uneven. It's ... old. But it IS a classic, and it's not too long. I'm sure there are $1 copies on Amazon, and, yes, I'd recommend picking up a copy of "City" by Clifford Simak, if only to round out your SF education.https://twitter.com/npodges/status/1134439276223971328 …
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3/ ...and (cough) ... maybe catch a sly reference or two in Aristillus 3 and 4.
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4/ Aristillus 1 and 2 had references to * Moon is Harsh Mistress * Cities in Flight * The Roads Must Roll * The Cold Equations * Gilpin's Space * The Getaway Special * Startide Rising * A Fire Upon the Deep and other SF classics. Aristillus 3 and 4 will likewise have hattips.
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5/ As a note on that: the politics are going to take a bit of a swerve in 3 and 4. All the politics of 1 and 2 will still be present, but there'll be more focus on other addition c̶h̶o̶i̶c̶e̶s̶ threats. In this way it will be a bit like
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6/ or Kim Stanley Robinson's Three Californias trilogy. Both of those series were loosely coupled and thematic, showing different alternative worlds. Ari 3 and 4 will keep the same world but show things sequentially.
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