The Time-Swept City
Author: Thomas F. Monteleone
Year: 1977
Abstract:
Chicago posesses a dark soul. Now that man has created an artificial intelligence to watch over the peoples of Chicago,
things go awry. What's best for man? The computer will decide. Follow the evolution of a city, from complacent servant to
sadistic overseer, to executioner. No act is too dark and terrible that the city will not indulge itself.
| Advanced Mind |  |
| Exploration/Quest | |
| Military/Fighting | |
| Horror | |
| Magic | |
| Advanced Technology | |
| Time Travel/Alternate History | |
| Science | |
| Aliens/Beasties | |
| Contemporality |
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Spectre's Review
Only the first and the last stories have happy endings. I loved that! A twist between sci-fi and horror, Monteleone does a
great job moving through time, and observing the evolution of a city built by man, who later becomes self aware and pretty
much destroys everything around. Monteleone has a very interesting way of making the reader think of a message the
story has, when in some cases, there may not be a message, just a nightmare. I found the way the evolution of mankind
(from physical being to energy being) quite invigorating.
Spectre's Rating
Oo! Nice and disturbing!