num_pages: 254
description: 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 ruled 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 truth.
language: English
title: The City and the Stars
titlecomplete: The City and the Stars
characters: Alvin, Jeserac, Vanamonde, Seranis, Krif, Alystra, Hilvar, Khedron
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Adventure, British Literature, Literature, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics, Novels, Fantasy, Dystopia
ratings_count: 33025
places: Lys, Diaspar
awards: awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Locus Award
category: All-Time Best SF Novel
publisher: Bantam Spectra