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The City & the City
The City & the City
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February 21, 2015
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March 17, 2015
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Hugo Award Winner 2010 (tie)
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What Members Thought

Anmiryam
May 06, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
It's all setting and plot, but what a cleverly conceived mash-up of noir police procedural, philosophical treatise, and exploration of cultural anomie. The characters are paper thin, caricatures really, but hey, not every book has to be more than a diversion and this is more diverting and smarter than most.

I can't understand why Christopher Nolan hasn't optioned the film rights, it would fit right in with his long time obsession with epistemological ambiguity, not to mention the opportunity for ...more
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Nov 29, 2011 marked it as to-read
Chris
Feb 07, 2012 marked it as to-read
J Jarvis
Apr 09, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Scott Firestone
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N. Caelum
May 17, 2012 rated it it was amazing
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May 20, 2012 is currently reading it
Brian Hammons
Jun 18, 2012 rated it did not like it
Shana
Jul 15, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: favorite-fantasy
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Jul 27, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Mia Redgrave
Dec 27, 2013 rated it it was amazing
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May 03, 2014 marked it as tbr
Shelves: 2000s-published
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Feb 09, 2015 marked it as to-read
Shelves: p81, sff-allthebooks-2018
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Oct 08, 2017 marked it as to-read
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Dec 24, 2017 rated it liked it
Shelves: nebula-and-hugo-winners, sci-fi
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Apr 07, 2018 marked it as to-read
Shelves: audiobook, library
Adrian Jackson
Jun 11, 2018 rated it it was amazing
Derek
Jul 04, 2018 marked it as to-read
Andrew
Oct 14, 2019 marked it as to-read
Shelves: own-but-unread
Bryan Garcia
Jan 18, 2020 marked it as to-read
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Apr 22, 2020 rated it really liked it
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