6/25/2023 0 Comments Cities in flight by james blish![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Every author in the field wanted to see his work in book form. In the early 1950s I had started editing science fiction for Ballantine Books and used the science fiction magazine media as a fertile source for authors who might be interested in doing novels for our list. He had already published many outstanding short stories and at least one of the novels that would eventually become the tetralogy titled Cities in Flight. He was extremely active in the science fiction world, in teaching, in sponsoring workshops, in research of specialized works, and in several areas beyond the actual writing of science fiction. ![]() When I first met Jim he was well known to the burgeoning field of science fiction. SOME STORIES are written to provide entertainment: some to teach: some as a form of self expression: some because the writer could not do otherwise: and some combine all these forms-and more-thereby creating in the reader another level of interest altogether: the need to know more about the author. 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. ![]()
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