The city years

The City Years is a novel by Frederik Pohl published in 1985, in which, through apparently unconnected stories, the reader is shown the evolution of a city and, above all, that of its inhabitants.

Plot Summary

The Years of the City is a novel in which a utopia is built from New York in five linked stories.

Reception

Dave Langford reviewed The Town Years for White Dwarf Magazine #64, stating that "There are cheesy elements (like the traditional whores and thieves with hearts of gold in the story). 1) and things I can't believe; but overall it's impressive, with just enough 'realistic' bitterness to match. to make us cynics swallow the sugary kernel of optimism".

Reviews

• Dan Chow (1984) Review in Locus, #281 June 1984
• Review by Patricia Hernlund (1985) at Fantasy Review, January 1985
• Robert Coulson (1985) Review by Amazing Stories, March 1985
• Algis Budrys (1985) Review in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1985
• Review by Tom Easton (1985) at Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, April 1985
• Review by Kenny Mathieson (1985) at Fundación, #35 Winter 1985/1986, (1986)