McIntyre, published by Nelson Doubledayīy Alfred Bester, published by Analog and Berkleyīy Arthur Byron Cover, published by Pyramidīy Joe Haldeman, published by St. Through short meditations on culture, language, time, memory and death these 55 seemingly distinct cities culminate to create a portrait of Venice. Malzberg, published by Bobbs-Merrillīy Michael Bishop, published by Ballantineīy Vonda N. Doctorow, published by Random Houseīy Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, published by Simon & Schusterīy Katherine MacLean, published by Berkleyīy Marion Zimmer Bradley, published by DAWīy Barry N. The book I would choose as pillow and plate, alone on a desert island.” - Jeanette Winterson Also Nominatedīy Robert Silverberg, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and Harper & Rowīy E.L. “ Invisible Cities changed the way we read and what is possible in the balance between poetry and prose. As Marco Polo unspools his tales, the emperor detects these fantastic places are more than they appear. Marco Polo diverts his host with stories of the cities he has seen in his travels around the empire: cities and memory, cities and desire, cities and designs, cities and the dead, cities and the sky, trading cities, hidden cities. As an undergraduate, most of the invisible cities of mathematics in my mind are at best skeletal. Kublai Khan has sensed the end of his empire coming soon. In a garden sit the aged Kublai Khan and the young Marco Polo - Mongol emperor and Venetian traveler. “Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules are absurd, their perspectives deceitful, and everything conceals something else.” - from Invisible Cities
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