Cities in Flight

Author(s): James Blish

Sci-fi & Fantasy

James Blish's galaxy-spanning masterwork, originally published in four volumes, explores a future in which two crucial discoveries - antigravity devices which enable whole cities to be lifted from the Earth to become giant spaceships, and longevity drugs which enable their inhabitants to live for thousands of years - lead to the establishment of a unique Galactic empire.

General Information

  • : 9780575094178
  • : Orion Publishing Group, Limited
  • : 0.47
  • : 28 February 2010
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : James Blish
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : 813.54
  • : 640

More About The Product

One of the very best must-read SF novels of all time.

James Blish (1921-75) studied microbiology at Rutgers and then served as a medical laboratory technician in the US army during the Second World War. Among his best known books are CITIES IN FLIGHT, A CASE OF CONSCIENCE, for which he won the HUGO in 1959 for Best Novel, DOCTOR MIRABILIS, BLACK EASTER and THE DAY AFTER JUDGEMENT.