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The city and the stars and the sands of Mars

Young man of the future rebels at the man-made paradise where he lives, and seeks to find out why most inhabitants of Terra left ages ago to journey to the stars.

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  • "city and the stars"@ja
  • "Nazhmite vvod"
  • "Presence du futur, 143"
  • "Sands of Mars"@en
  • "Vremi︠a︡ v polete tvoem"

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  • "Young man of the future rebels at the man-made paradise where he lives, and seeks to find out why most inhabitants of Terra left ages ago to journey to the stars."@en
  • "A billion years into the future, Earth's oceans have evaporated, and humanity has all but vanished. The inhabitants of the City of Diaspar believe theirs is the last city, but there is no way to find out for sure. The city is completely closed off by a high wall, and nobody has left in millions of years. The last child born in the city in millions of years, Alvin is insatiably curious about the outside world. He embarks on a quest that leads him to discover the truth about the city and humanity's history--as well as its future. The City and the Stars is a rewrite of Clarke's first novel, Against the Fall of Night. While the author assumed that the old version would be replaced by the new version and eventually go out of print, he was surprised to find that the older version was popular enough to stay in wide circulation. Today, both stories are equally popular. Any fan of Clarke's would find this book a fascinating read, not just for the intriguing story and Clarke's singular futuristic vision, but also for the purpose of comparing his approach to the same story at different points in his writing career. While The City and the Stars shares the general plot of Against the Fall of Night, many details are different--making an interesting study of Clarke's progression as a writer."
  • "In ferner Zukunft hat sich das Antlitz der menschlichen Gesellschaft radikal verändert. In Diasper, einer riesigen, durch eine Kuppel hermetisch abgeriegelten Stadt, leben die Menschen tausend Jahre, speichern ihre Erinnerungen und werden danach wiederauferweckt. Doch als ein Kind ohne Erinnerungen geboren wird und alles hinterfragt, gerät eine scheinbar perfekte Gesellschaft ins Wanken."
  • "One billion years in the future, the Earth is so old that the oceans have gone and humanity has all but left. As far as the people of Diaspar know, they are the only city left on the planet. The city of Diaspar is completely enclosed. Nobody has come in or left the city for as long as anybody can remember. Alvin is the first child born on earth in at least 10 million years. He sets out to prove that life exists elsewhere of the planet."@en
  • "Een jongeman slaagt erin als eerste in de hermetisch afgesloten laatste menselijke stad te verlaten en de ongerepte aarde te betreden."
  • "De l'immense empire galactique, il ne reste rien. Chassée par un ennemi oublié, l'humanité s'est repliée dans la cité idéale de Diaspar. Mais Alvin, qui refuse une vie trop sage, part à l'aventure et découvre le formidable mensonge des mythes qui protègent sa ville."
  • "First published in 1956, this book is a complete rewrite of his earlier novella, Against the Fall of Night."@en
  • ""On a world decimated by apocalypse, two isolated city-nations stand alone. Long millennia ago, their leaders determined that the only way to avoid absolute destruction would be to cut off all communication between them. But in one city of ten million people - utterly unaware of the other's existence - lives a restless young man named Alvin whose curiosity and perseverance are about to lead him to a startling discovery. It may take only one person to topple the conventions his society is built on - and to end a carefully insulated way of life forever."--Back cover."@en
  • "Esquissé vers 1937, publié en première version (1948) sous le titre ##Against the fall of night##, ce récit linéaire et foisonnant demeure un chef-d'oeuvre du genre (1956). La science jointe à la poésie réalise un univers à résonnance utopique mais profondément humaine."

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  • "Fantastyka naukowa angielska"@pl
  • "Science fiction"@en
  • "Science fiction"
  • "Science fiction"@da
  • "Science fiction, English"@en
  • "Online-Publikation"
  • "Adventure stories"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Science fiction novels"
  • "Vědecko-fantastické romány"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Translations"
  • "English fiction"
  • "Anglické romány"

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  • "Grad i zvijezde"
  • "Gorod i zvëzdy"
  • "The city and the stars and the sands of Mars"@en
  • "La Ciudad y las estrellas"
  • "Stad onder de sterren"
  • "Город и звезды"
  • "Die Stadt und die Sterne Roman - Mit einem Vorwort von Gary Gibson"
  • "The city and the stars : and, The sands of Mars"
  • "Die Stadt und die Sterne : Roman"
  • "The city and the stars ; and, the sands of Mars"
  • "La cité et les astres"
  • "Die Stadt und die Sterne Roman ; Mit einem Vorwort von Gary Gibson"
  • "La cite et les astres"
  • "The City and the Stars"
  • "The City and the Stars"@en
  • "Byen og stjernerne"@da
  • "Die sieben Sonnen Ein utopisch-techn. Abenteuerroman"
  • "The city and the stars = A.C. Clarke"
  • "Ē polē kai t'astra"
  • "Die sieben Sonnen Ein utop.-techn. Abenteuerroman"
  • "Toshi to hoshi"@ja
  • "Toshi to hoshi"
  • "The city and the stars ; and, The sands of Mars"@en
  • "The City and the stars"
  • "The City and the stars"@en
  • "Cité et les astres"
  • "Město a hvězdy"
  • "La ciudad y las estrellas"
  • "La ciudad y las estrellas"@es
  • "Die Stadt und die Sterne Roman"
  • "Die sieben Sonnen Science-fiction-Roman = The city and the stars"
  • "A város és a csillagok : tudományos fantasztikus regény"
  • "都市の星"
  • "Gorod i zvezdy"
  • "Gorod i zvezdy : nauchno-fantasticheskii roman"
  • "La Cité et les astres"
  • "都市と星"
  • "The city and the stars : novel"
  • "La cite et les astres : (par) arthur C. Clarke. Texte francais de francoise cousteau"
  • "Die sieben Sonnen : ein utopisch-technischer Abenteuerroman"
  • "The city and the stars"
  • "The city and the stars"@en
  • "Miasto i gwiazdy"@pl
  • "Die sieben Sonnen"
  • "Miasto i gwiazdy"
  • "The City And The Stars"@en
  • "Toshito hoshi"@ja

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