Title: City Come A-Walkin'
Title Record # 2232
Author: John Shirley
Date: 1980-07-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
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Author: John Shirley
Date: 1980-07-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
Synopsis: WorldCat: Stu Cole is struggling to keep his nightclub, Club Anesthesia, afloat in the face of mob harassment when he's visited by a manifestation of the city of San Francisco, crystallized into a single enigmatic being. This amoral superhero leads him on a terrifying journey through the rock and roll demimonde as they struggle to save the city.
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Awards
Place | Year and Award | Category |
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24 | 1981 Locus | Best SF Novel |
Publications
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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City Come A-Walkin' | 1980-07-00 | John Shirley | Dell | 0-440-15499-5 | $1.95?$: US dollar |
204 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Catherine Huerta | |
Urania #902 | 1981-10-04 | ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini | Mondadori | 902 | Lit 1,500?Lit: Italian lira |
198 | digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125". |
mag | Karel Thole | |
La balade de City | 1982-04-00 | John Shirley | J.-C. Lattès?J.-C. Lattes (Titres SF #55) |
247 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Keleck | |||
Rebellion der Stadt | 1982-11-00 | John Shirley | Droemer Knaur (Knaur Science Fiction & Fantasy #5753) | 3-426-05753-0 | DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
158 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Paul Lehr | |
Andando vem a Cidade | 1991-00-00 | John Shirley | Caminho ( Caminho ficção científica?Caminho ficcao cientifica #133) |
972-21-0589-2 | 185 | unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown. |
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La musica della città vivente | 1996-03-00 | John Shirley | Mondadori (Classici Urania #228) | Lit 6,500?Lit: Italian lira |
192 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Marco Patrito | ||
City Come A-Walkin' | 1996-06-00 | John Shirley | Eyeball Books | 0-9642505-1-9 | $10.00?$: US dollar |
216 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | Rick Berry | |
Stadt geht los | 2000-00-00 | John Shirley | Argument (Ariadne Social Fantasies #2054) | 3-88619-954-1 | DM 17.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
216 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Martin Grundmann | |
City Come A-Walkin' | 2000-12-00 | John Shirley | Four Walls Eight Windows | 1-56858-191-2 | $13.95?$: US dollar |
216 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | Scott Idleman | |
City Come A-Walkin' | 2014-09-19 | John Shirley | Night Shade Books | 978-1-63355-361-3 | $6.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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Reviews
- Review by William Gibson (1980) in Science Fiction Review, August 1980
- Review by Stephen P. Brown [as by Steve Brown] (1980) in Heavy Metal, October 1980
- Review by Mary Gentle (1980) in Vector 100
- Review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton] (1981) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, March 30, 1981
- Review [French] by Pascal J. Thomas (1982) in Fiction, #331
- Review [German] by Michael K. Iwoleit [as by Michael Iwoleit] (1983) in Science Fiction Times, Februar 1983
- Review [German] by Marcel Bieger (1983) in Science Fiction Jahrbuch 1984
- Review by Paul Di Filippo (1997) in Asimov's Science Fiction, April 1997
- Review by Stephen E. Andrews and Nick Rennison (2006) in 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels, (2006) , reprinted in:
- 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels (2007)
- 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels (unknown)