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- Title
- CIUDAD Y LAS ESTRELLAS, LA
- Author
- CLARKE, ARTHUR C.
- Publisher
- ALAMUT EDICIONES
- Publication year
- 2025
- Condition
- New
- Dust jacket
- NUEVO
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- Spanish
- ISBN 10
- 8498891590
- ISBN 13
- 9788498891591
This grand space adventure explores the fate of humanity a billion years in the future—a visionary classic by one of science fiction's greatest minds.
Far in the future, Earth's oceans have evaporated and humanity has all but vanished. The inhabitants of Diaspar believe their domed city is all that remains of an empire that had once conquered the stars. Inside the dome, the citizens live in technological splendor, free from the distractions of aging and disease. Everything is controlled precisely, just as the city's designers had intended.
But a boy named Alvin, unlike his fellow humans, shows an insatiable—and dangerous—curiosity about the world outside the dome. His questions will send him on a quest to discover the truth about the city and humanity's history—as well as its future.
A masterful and awe-inspiring work of imagination, The City and the Stars is considered one of Arthur C. Clarke's finest novels.
Far in the future, Earth's oceans have evaporated and humanity has all but vanished. The inhabitants of Diaspar believe their domed city is all that remains of an empire that had once conquered the stars. Inside the dome, the citizens live in technological splendor, free from the distractions of aging and disease. Everything is controlled precisely, just as the city's designers had intended.
But a boy named Alvin, unlike his fellow humans, shows an insatiable—and dangerous—curiosity about the world outside the dome. His questions will send him on a quest to discover the truth about the city and humanity's history—as well as its future.
A masterful and awe-inspiring work of imagination, The City and the Stars is considered one of Arthur C. Clarke's finest novels.
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From the Back Cover
En un remoto futuro, la ciudad de Diaspar acoge a los últimos restos de la humanidad sobre la Tierra. Perseguidos hasta su planeta natal por los misteriosos Invasores que conquistaron el universo, los humanos abandonaron su Imperio Galáctico. Desde entonces, y durante millones de años, Diaspar ha mantenido a sus habitantes sumidos en el grato estupor de una sociedad perfecta. Gracias a sus poderosos circuitos de eternidad, la ciudad conserva para siempre todos sus elementos, incluyendo a sus ciudadanos, que emergen completamente adultos de la Sala de Creación, viven vidas plenas que duran siglos, y por fin vuelven a los Bancos de Memoria a esperar su resurrección al cabo de miles de años. Pero muy rara vez, en Diaspar nace un ciudadano único, cuya información no consta previamente en la memoria de la ciudad. Nadie sabe por qué aparecen, ni cuál es su función en el sofisticado mecanismo de Diaspar. Alvin es uno de estos únicos, y como tal carece de vidas anteriores a las que remitirse. Por eso no le resulta difícil cuestionar la organización social aparentemente perfecta de Diaspar, y especialmente la limitación psicológica que hace que sus habitantes sean incapaces de salir de ella. A pesar de las comodidades que le rodean, Alvin está insatisfecho. Pero pronto encuentra su objetivo: abandonar Diaspar, averiguar si el exterior es tan hostil como dicen, y descubrir si realmente son los últimos humanos sobre la Tierra.
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