Only a handful of humans remains in the City, the final stronghold of science and technology in a war-ravaged world. Forged from genetic materials stolen from the Outsiders, Elisa is the first of a new race--endowed with the remarkable power of rejuvenation. A metamorphic journey into disturbing possibilities of gender, social order, and genetic scienceWilliam Gibson. Buy The Silent City Reprint by Elisabeth Vonarburg (ISBN: ) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible www.doorway.rus: 2. Le Silence de la cité is a French language science-fiction novel by Élisabeth Vonarburg. It was first published in Canada in and has been translated in English under the title The Silent City. It received the Prix Rosny-Aîné in Author: Élisabeth Vonarburg.
The Silent City, Élisabeth Vonarburg (, trans. by Jane Brierley) (Ken Campbell's cover for the edition) Continue reading. About Élisabeth Vonarburg. Élisabeth Vonarburg is considered one of Canada's most accomplished Science Fiction writers. Born in France in , she immigrated to Canada in and taught French Literature and Writing at various universities in Quebec. Her novels include The Silent City, Reluctant Voyagers and In the Mothers' Land. The team responsible for the continued success of Solaris includes such internationally-renowned authors such as Joël Champetier (The Dragon's Eye), Yves Meynard (The Books of Knights) and Élisabeth Vonarburg (In the Mother's Land, Reluctant Voyagers, The Silent City).
In a future Europe, where technology has been driven underground and the Earth's population has been tribalized by nuclear war and political conflict, a young woman named Elisa is born into the Silent City, a final stronghold of science and knowledge, in which self-perpetuating technology maintains the handful of human survivors with rejuvenation treatments and cybernetics. The Silent City is the story of a post-apocalyptic world divided into protected cities involved in a grand plan to save humanity and those left outside to fend for themselves. There are mechanized robots made to look and act like people. Only a handful of humans remains in the City, the final stronghold of science and technology in a war-ravaged world. Forged from genetic materials stolen from the Outsiders, Elisa is the first of a new race--endowed with the remarkable power of rejuvenation.
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