Oath of Fealty
Publication date:
1981-01
Publication type:
Novel
Published:
limited edition with inbound signatures, from Phantasia Press
Opus No.:
131
Setting:
Stand Alone
ISBN:
0-7088-8089-4
Awards:
Prometheus Award nominee
Summary:
What a great team Niven and Pournelle are! Here they explore the possible ramifications of the logical extension of something which is becoming common nowadays: closed communities, also known as arcologies.
Todos Santos is such a community, existing in an uneasy relationship with its neighbor, Los Angeles of the future. The social and political aspects of such a situation are examined in great detail.
Definitely worth a read. "Think of it as evolution in action".
Notes:
Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle
Reprints:
cloth, Timescape Books (Simon & Schuster/Pocket Books);
paper, Orbit (British);
paper, Pocket Fiction (Simon & Schuster/Pocket)