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    Cover of City on fire

    City on fire

    Walter Jon Williams · 1998

    Science Fiction
    Open LibraryAmazon
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    2recommend
    2mentions
    2people
    2012–2020years
    100% recommend

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    What Hacker News says

    1. sjellisAug 2020
      Walter Jon Williams, author of the cyberpunk classic Hardwired, also wrote two books in a setting that fuses cyberpunk and fantasy: Metropolitan and City on Fire.
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    2. danbmil99Sep 2012
      The PKD selections are curious. I would add "Time Out Of Joint" and "Man In The High Castle".

      No Walter Jon Williams? "Aristoi" at a minimum, and "Angel Station/Voice Of The Whirlwind". If that pleases, add "Metropolitan/City On Fire"

      Also, the original "Planet Of The Apes".

      I almost forgot -- at least one Aldiss. My fave is "Report On Probability A", but it's an acquired taste.

      [edit -- no Arthur C. Clarke? Not even "Childhood's End"?]

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