The Silent City [Mass Market Paperback]

Elisabeth Vonarburg (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1992

In the midst of a war-ravaged world, the City--sealed off from the Outside for three centuries--becomes the last refuge for a handful of human beings, including a girl endowed with extraordinary powers of rejuvenation. Reprint.

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"...maturity too seldom encountered in Sci-fi: a metamorphic journey into disturbing possibilities of gender, social order and genetic science..." --William Gibson

"Informed with a maturity of feeling too seldom encountered in science fiction: a metamorphic journey into disturbing possibilities of gender, social order and genetic science..." - William Gibson, author of Neuromancer - --William Gibson --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Elisabeth Vonarburg lives in Chicoutimi, Quebec. She has published numerous SF stories and has worked tirelessly to encourage the genre in Canada. She has attended many SF conventions in Canada, the United States and Europe, and organized international conventions of SF writers. She has received various prizes for her work. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 261 pages
• Publisher: Spectra (July 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553297899
• ISBN-13: 978-0553297898
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #604,080 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Among the most dystopian of futures..., April 4, 2000

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This review is from: The Silent City (Mass Market Paperback)

Vornarburg paints a bleak picture of the future where humanity is divided into those who have locked themselves in the City and those who crudely survive outside it. Humanity is dying on both sides of the City walls. An aging scientist in the City creates a young girl with very special powers to rejuvenate humanity. But is she the salvation of the city or of the barbarians outside...

Vornarburg creates a very dark mood without the fancy glitz of high tech. (Think Neuromancer without the fancy cyberspace cowboys jacking in and out. The mood feels more like PKDick than WGibson.) This book is more an intense drama and almost devoid of any real action. Nevertheless, the concepts are very intriguing.