City Come A-Walkin' (1980)

by John Shirley

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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.… (more)

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I didn't really understand this book. It was all over the place and it was very hard to follow and still to this day, I don't think I really know what the story was. But then again, I read it a long time ago, so maybe I'm remembering wrong. I just remember being very confused by this book. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
John Shirley	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Curtoni Vittorio	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Gibson, William	Foreword	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Riffel, Hannes	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Thole, Karel	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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City Come A-Walkin'

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1980-07

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Nello studio di registrazione, la ragazza si aggiustò la cuffia sulle orecchie e fece un cenno al tecnico.

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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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