num_pages: 261
description: Alternate cover for 0553283707 (isbn13: 9780553283709) In the wake of a devastating worldwide plague, the handful of artists who have transformed the city with mirror mazes, self-propelled clockwork creatures and a coat of blue paint on the Golden Gate Bridge find that the city itself collaborates in unpredictable ways, from rains of flowers--or frogs--to the appearance of angels. When megalomaniac General Miles threatens the city, newcomer Jax works with painter Danny-boy, mechanical genius The Machine and others on a pacifist version of guerrilla warfare. Too often this novel recalls the studiously surreal antiwar stories of the '60s. A sweet fable, this is pleasing but evanescent, fading like the half-forgotten dreams it delicately evokes.
title: The City, Not Long After
titlecomplete: The City, Not Long After
characters: Danny Boy, Leon (the Trader), Jax Laurenson, The Machine, Mary Laurenson, Randall, General Alexander (4 Star) Miles, Ms Migsdale
genres: Fantasy, Dystopia, Science Fiction Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Magical Realism, Apocalyptic, Steampunk, Post Apocalyptic, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 1089
places: San Francisco, California
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Arthur C. Clarke Award, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
publisher: Bantam