City of Darkness
by Ben Bova
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Author: Ben BovaNarrator: Harlan Ellison
Edition: Audio Cassette
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1998-07
ISBN: 0787117269
Publisher: Audio Literature
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Book Review: Great story, top-notch performance by Harlan Ellison
Summary: 5 Stars
This is my first foray into Ben Bova's work. I've seen it around but never quite picked it up. If this is typical of the quality of his work, I will be back for more.
The story is set in a future United States in which the cities have been closed. New York City is cut off from the rest of the country except for the summer months - where it becomes a tourist destination away from the unrelenting tedium of suburbia (called "the tracts"). Our protagonist runs away to the city and gets locked in after it is closed at the end of the summer - and he finds out that the city is not empty after all...
Harlan Ellison makes this audiobook seem like a one man radio play. He does a first-rate job at making the story sing and zing. The reviewers who have written complaints below are way off of the mark. Take the word of a listener who has heard more than his share of mediocre readers - Ellison deserves an award.
I give Ellison an A+.
I give the book an A.
Combined score: A+
Summary of City of Darkness
Teenager Ron Morgan sneaks away from his safe, suburban home to taste the forbidden fruits of New York City--open for two months each summer as a sort of morbid recreational park. Years earlier the metropolis had been closed by the government in response to crime and pollution. Now gangs prey on those who venture onto its dark streets. Trapped inside the city when the dome is closed at the season's end, Ron's recreational journey turns into a struggle to survive.Fiction Books
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