City

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"City" is a classic science fiction fix-up novel by Clifford D. Simak, renowned for its poignant exploration of humanity’s decline and the rise of intelligent dogs in a far-future Earth.

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instanceOf fix-up novel
science fiction novel
author Clifford D. Simak
awarded International Fantasy Award
awardYear 1953
basedOn short stories originally published in Astounding Science Fiction
centralTheme decline of humanity
pacifism
post-human future
relationship between humans and animals
rise of intelligent dogs
utopian and dystopian futures
containsStory Aesop's fables
surface form: "Aesop"

"Census"
"City"
"Desertion"
"Hobbies"
"Huddling Place"
Paradise
surface form: "Paradise"

"The Simple Way"
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coverArtist Frank Kelly Freas
criticalReception renowned for poignant and philosophical tone
firstPublicationYear 1952
frameDevice dog scholars commenting on ancient human legends
genre science fiction
hasISBN 978-0-441-80430-0
influenced later works on post-humanism in science fiction
language English
mainCharacter Jenkins
Jerome Webster
Joe
mediaType print
narrativeForm frame narrative
notableFor depiction of dogs as inheritors of Earth
exploration of the obsolescence of cities
notableSpecies intelligent dogs
mutated humans
originalFormat fix-up of previously published short stories
publisher Gnome Press
setting far-future Earth
structure sequence of linked stories with interstitial notes
timeSpanOfStories thousands of years into the future

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