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City Come A-walkin' by John Shirley

City Come A-walkin'

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John Shirley, William Gibson

Night Shade Books · Ebook · September 19, 2014

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.

DystopianUrban FantasyCyberpunkurban
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Who it’s for
For when you want neon grit, hard-SF texture, and a long, absorbing drift.
Genres
Cyberpunk, Urban Fantasy, Dystopian
Published
Night Shade Books, September 19, 2014

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About this book

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.

Neon Grit

For when you want neon grit, hard-SF texture, and a long, absorbing drift.

Come here for

  • gritty cyberpunk atmosphere
  • hard-SF edge with apocalyptic strain

Expect

  • crime-and-thriller tension
  • a sustained, immersive read

Where it sits

Cyberpunk95%
Urban Fantasy79%
Dystopian36%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • The Occult & Supernatural
  • Sci-Fi
  • Urban Fiction
Authors
John Shirley, William Gibson
Publisher
Night Shade Books
Published
September 19, 2014
Format
Ebook
Reading lane
The Occult & Supernatural