num_pages: 255
description: Clarke's masterful evocation of the far future of humanity, considered his finest novel.Men had built cities before, but never such a city as Diaspar. For millennia its protective dome shut out the creeping decay and danger of the world outside. Once, it held powers that rule the stars.But then, as legend has it, the invaders came, driving humanity into this last refuge. It takes one man, a Unique, to break through Diaspar's stifling inertia, to smash the legend and discover the true nature of the Invaders.
language: English
title: The City and the Stars
titlecomplete: The City and the Stars
characters: Alystra, Jeserac, Hilvar, Seranis, Alvin, Khedron, Krif, Vanamonde
genres: Classics, Adventure, British Literature, Fantasy, Dystopia, Novels, Science Fiction Fantasy, Literature, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 33020
places: Lys, Diaspar
awards: awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Locus Award
category: All-Time Best SF Novel
publisher: Gollancz