The City And The Cygnets

[These] stories . . . elliptically chronicle the life of an alternative Atlanta, Georgia, 2000-2070. Beneath a huge artificial dome that blocks out the stars, hierarchically stashed on nine subterranean levels with computer-controlled simulations of weather and seasonal change, the citizens of this grim, bureaucracy-ridden sardine tin . . . contrive not just to endure but to prevail. Through 70 years of increasing repression, various free spirts turn a living cubicle into a facsimile of a starship in deep space, experiment with multipartner 'marriages' for the elderly, or dearly earn moments of mutual benison with an unwanted cubicle-mate. . . . bearing witness to the weedlike survival of human instinct and aspiration in the most confining and programmed environment. [from Kirkus Reviews]

• | Author: Michael Bishop
• | Publisher: Fairwood Press Llc
• | Publication Date: Aug 20, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 466 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 193384678X
• | ISBN-13: 9781933846781