- Hardcover: 498 pages
- Publisher: Harpercollins (Jan 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0061052132
- ISBN-13: 978-0061052132
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,457,422 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Aiah worked for the Plasm Authority, metering the shimmering substance that powered the world-city, until she fell in love with Constantine, the rebel Metropolitan fighting a war to overthrow the corrupt dynasty of the Keremaths. Now the war is over, and Aiah is at the mercy of the tyrant she created. In this sequel to Metropolitan, the seductive Constantine is a minister controlling the new government which rules Caraqui, a city filled with genetically altered "twisted" bandits and refugees. As sexually irresistible as ever, the former rebel has a new job for Aiah: track down the outlaw plasm divers of Caraqui and recruit them to help destroy the Silver Hand, a murderous remnant of the old kleptocracy. Constantine's war against the Handmen will put Aiah in touch with her lost Barkazil heritage. And it may allow her to get a glimpse of heaven itself, and discover what waits beyond the Shield.
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
All of W.J.W's books are worth reading. His only fault is that he seldom spreads a story across more than one book. In this case he breaks that habit and continues the story he started in Metropolitan, read that then this . Different worlds, amazing powers, twists and turns - this has everything. Now can we have a sequel to Aristoi please ?
Format:Hardcover
Like metroplolitan I wouldn't really say this is sci/fi, though to be fair when I read it I had just read hardwired, voice of the wirlwind and bodyguard I think, a bit of a walter jon williams bender :-) So to me this really didn't light the same kind of fire.
Its well writen and I did finish it but like metropolitan it doesn't really end. There is more of a conclusion this time around but there are also a lot of new questions and unfinished plot lines.
Its well writen and I did finish it but like metropolitan it doesn't really end. There is more of a conclusion this time around but there are also a lot of new questions and unfinished plot lines.
Format:Hardcover
Although I enjoyed Walter Jon Williams's previous Novel, Aristoi, for it's exotic atmosphere and larger-than-life characters, I was somewhat disappointed in Metropolitan. It seemed somewhat contrived and depressing. At the time I did not realize that it was part of a series as it definitely stands on its own as a complete novel. City on Fire is the sequel to Metropolitan and it delivers all the promise that Williams has shown in previous novels.
City on Fire is a fascinating novel both for its characters, who evolve and devolve in fascinating ways, but for William's exploration of the interactions of religious, military, commercial, and political factions as they deal with consolidating power in a conquered territory, a situation which is usually the conclusion of most books rather than the starting position. Throughout the novel the action is fast, but never slights the accelerated education of Aiah, the strong and engaging protagonist. Although the setting is science fictional, the actions and reactions are completely and realistically human. This book is a marvel and I intend to nominate it for a Hugo in 1997.
Thank you, Walter Jon Williams, for a thoroughly engaging world and characters. I simply can't wait for your next amazing performance.
City on Fire is a fascinating novel both for its characters, who evolve and devolve in fascinating ways, but for William's exploration of the interactions of religious, military, commercial, and political factions as they deal with consolidating power in a conquered territory, a situation which is usually the conclusion of most books rather than the starting position. Throughout the novel the action is fast, but never slights the accelerated education of Aiah, the strong and engaging protagonist. Although the setting is science fictional, the actions and reactions are completely and realistically human. This book is a marvel and I intend to nominate it for a Hugo in 1997.
Thank you, Walter Jon Williams, for a thoroughly engaging world and characters. I simply can't wait for your next amazing performance.
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Williams: Among the Best
Williams has become one of my favorite authors, and I hold my favorite authors to very high standards. City on Fire did not disappoint. Read more
Published on 3 Mar 1998
Deeply engrossing and fully transporting
Having just finished Metropolitan, I was lucky to find this in the library. Not only is it as well written as Metropolitan, Williams writes in a way to fully involve the reader in... Read more
Published on 10 April 1997
Give CITY ON FIRE a try.
After reading a negative review of Williams' previous book, METROPOLITAN, I commented on it as I thoroughly enjoyed its sequel. Read more
Published on 12 Mar 1997
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