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The Silent City. by Élisabeth Vonarburg is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Silent City. about?
Built as a refuge from a war-ravaged world outside, THE SILENT CITY is the final stronghold of science and knowledge. A self-perpetuating technology maintains the City in which only a handful of humans survive, despite rejuvenation treatments and cybernetics. Into this doomed world Elisa is born, child of her father's obsession with creating a human form with the ability to self-heal. Elisa devotes herself to her father's cause...until she begins to see the truth about the City and its occupants. Rebelling against her father/lover, Elisa discovers her unique gift for changing herself and the world around her. But time is running out. The human race is threatened by a virus that prevents the conception of male babies -- and women bear the blame. Elisa must determine her future...and the future of humanity.Review"...maturity too seldom encountered in Sci-fi: a metamorphic journey into disturbing possibilities of gender, social order and genetic science..." -- William Gibson "Informed with a maturity of feeling too seldom encountered in science fiction: a metamorphic journey into disturbing possibilities of gender, social order and genetic science..." - William Gibson, author of Neuro
Who reads The Silent City.?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Élisabeth Vonarburg
- Publisher
- Tesseract Books
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780888782779
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction
- Rating
- 3.66 / 5 (5 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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