Cities in Flight

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science fiction book series science fiction novel

Cities in Flight is a science fiction series by James Blish that follows entire cities roaming the galaxy using anti-gravity technology over vast spans of future history.

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Label	Occurrences
Cities in Flight canonical	2
Cities in Flight series	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	science fiction book series ⓘ science fiction novel ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	A Clash of Cymbals NERFINISHED ⓘ Year 2018! ⓘ
author	James Blish NERFINISHED ⓘ James Blish NERFINISHED ⓘ James Blish NERFINISHED ⓘ James Blish NERFINISHED ⓘ James Blish NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnConcept	Okie cities ⓘ
centralOrganization	Earth Police NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstellar City States NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralSetting	city of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
completedPublicationDecade	1960s ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
featuresCharacter	Chris deFord NERFINISHED ⓘ John Amalfi NERFINISHED ⓘ Mayor Amalfi NERFINISHED ⓘ
fictionalTechnologyInventor	spindizzy NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstBookPublicationDecade	1950s GENERATED ⓘ
genre	science fiction ⓘ
hasPart	A Life for the Stars NERFINISHED ⓘ Earthman, Come Home NERFINISHED ⓘ The Triumph of Time NERFINISHED ⓘ They Shall Have Stars NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	The Flying Cities of the Okies (historical Dust Bowl migration) NERFINISHED ⓘ
inUniverseTechnologyEnables	anti-gravity ⓘ faster-than-light travel ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainTheme	decline of civilizations ⓘ future history ⓘ politics of space colonization ⓘ roaming cities in space ⓘ
narrativeSpan	from 2018 to the far future ⓘ
notableFor	depiction of entire cities traveling through space ⓘ early use of detailed future history structure ⓘ
originalPublicationYear	1955 ⓘ 1958 ⓘ 1959 ⓘ 1962 ⓘ
partOf	Cities in Flight NERFINISHED ⓘ Cities in Flight NERFINISHED ⓘ Cities in Flight NERFINISHED ⓘ Cities in Flight NERFINISHED ⓘ
publisher	Ballantine Books NERFINISHED ⓘ Gollancz NERFINISHED ⓘ
usesFictionalTechnology	spindizzy ⓘ

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James Blish → notableWork → Cities in Flight ⓘ

James Blish → series → Cities in Flight ⓘ

James Blish → wrote → Cities in Flight ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cities in Flight series