The City in the Middle of the Night

Name: The City in the Middle of the Night
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Charlie Jane Anders
ISBN: 9781501940804

Author: Charlie Jane Anders

Narrator: Jennifer O'Donnell, Laura Knight Keating

Unabridged: 13 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/12/2019

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

A LOCUS AWARD FINALIST!

Charlie Jane Anders, the nationally bestselling author of All the Birds in the Sky delivers a brilliant new novel set in a hauntingly strange future with #10 LA Times bestseller The City in the Middle of the Night.

WOULD YOU GIVE UP EVERYTHING TO CHANGE THE WORLD?

Humanity clings to life on January—a colonized planet divided between permanently frozen darkness on one side, and blazing endless sunshine on the other.

Two cities, built long ago in the meager temperate zone, serve as the last bastions of civilization—but life inside them is just as dangerous as the uninhabitable wastelands outside.

Sophie, a young student from the wrong side of Xiosphant city, is exiled into the dark after being part of a failed revolution. But she survives—with the help of a mysterious savior from beneath the ice.

Burdened with a dangerous, painful secret, Sophie and her ragtag group of exiles face the ultimate challenge—and they are running out of time.

WELCOME TO THE CITY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT

"Like a classic from another timeline … this book has notes of Ursula K. Le Guin and Phillip Pullman."—Robin Sloan, author of Sourdough

About Charlie Jane Anders

Charlie Jane Anders is the author of Victories Greater Than Death, the first book in the young-adult Unstoppable trilogy, along with the short story collection Even Greater Mistakes. Her other books include The City in the Middle of the Night and All the Birds in the Sky. Her fiction and journalism have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Slate, McSweeney's, Mother Jones, the Boston Review, Tor.com, Tin House, Conjunctions, Wired Magazine, and other places. Her TED Talk, "Go Ahead, Dream About the Future" got 700,000 views in its first week. With Annalee Newitz, she co-hosts the podcast Our Opinions Are Correct.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Samantha

I probably would have DNF’d this book if I wasn’t reading it for the Tome Infinity Readathon. While I think the writing was beautiful at times, I don’t get what the story was trying to tell me. This standalone feels incomplete and honestly, like barely anything happened. Conflict is resolved in a si......more

Goodreads review by Anthony

Charlie Jane Anders writes prose that is infused with imagination, compassion, heartache, and a deep exploration of what makes us human. The City in the Middle of the Night is a huge departure from her first novel, All the Birds in the Sky, in almost every way: tone, rhythm, subject matter, milieu;......more

Goodreads review by Charlotte

“We measure the freedom of human beings by their ability to change with their environment. The only truly alien influence is the dead grasping fingers of our own past.” I’m trying to expand my horizons by reading more Sci Fi. But this did not float my boat. There were some pearls of writing, but t......more

Goodreads review by Jamesboggie

I received an advanced reading copy of The City in the Middle of the Night through a Goodreads giveaway. I was excited by the premise, and looked forward to reading my first Charlie Jane Anders story. Unfortunately, I did not enjoy the experience. I think The City in the Middle of the Night was aimin......more