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The World Inside
The World Inside | Robert Silverberg
4 posts | 7 read | 11 to read
Welcome to Urban Monad 116. Reaching nearly two miles into the sky, the one thousand stories of this building are home to over eight hundred thousand people living in peace and harmony. In the year 2381 with a world population of over seventy-five billion souls, the massive Urbmon system is humanity's salvation. Life in Urbmon 116 is highly regulated, life is cherished, and the culture of procreation is seen as the highest pinnacle of god's plan. Conflict is abhorred, and any who disturb the peace face harsh punishmenteven being sent "down the chute" to be recycled as fertilizer. Jason Quevedo, a historian, searches records of the twentieth century hoping to find the root of his discontent with the perfection of Urbmon life. Siegmund Kluver, a young and ambitious administrator, strives to reach the top levels of the Urbmon's government and discovers the civilization's dark truths. Michael Statler, a computer engineer, harbors a forbidden desire. He dreams of leaving the buildingof walking in the open air and visiting the far-off sea. This is a dream he must keep secret. If anyone were to find out, he'd face the worst punishment imaginable. The World Inside is a fascinating exploration of society and what makes us human, told by a master of speculative fiction. The World Inside is a 1971 Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novella. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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RamsFan1963
RamsFan1963
The World Inside | Robert Silverberg
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📚 Tagged, The Wreck of The River of Stars/Michael Flynn, The Weird of the White Wolf/Michael Moorcock
✒ Walter Jon William's, Chuck Wendig
📽 Witness, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Wall-E
🎙 Weezer
🎶 Watching The Detectives/Elvis Costello, Wonderwall/Oasis, Why Can't We Be Friends?/War, Who Made Who/ AC/DC, We Got The Beat/The Go-Gos, Wrapped Around Your Finger/The Police
#manicmonday #LetterW @CBee

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bookishbitch
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The World Inside | Robert Silverberg
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This was a fascinating read. I gave it a pick because the story was so interesting, though I thought it fell flat on the women's perspective a bit. (The motherhood angle for example.) And the age of some of the characters wasn't believable so my brain adjusted them. (Because also eww.) This existence would be hellish for me. Maybe if you don't know any different the perspective changes. This is one I will be thinking about for a while I suspect.

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TheNeverendingTBR
TheNeverendingTBR
The World Inside | Robert Silverberg
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The year is 2381, Earth‘s population has grown to 75
billion people and they've adapted to this situation by housing people in massive skyscrapers called 'urban monads' each a thousand stories high, containing close to a million residents per building.

Their religion is basically "be fruitful and multiply."

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3148203410 ↩ check out my full review ?

bookishbitch This looks interesting. And reminds me of a poster that I saw as a teen called Overpopulation by John Pitre. (I googled it because I didn't know the artist.) That poster gave me the willies as a kid. 3y
TheNeverendingTBR @bookishbitch I just googled this and it brought a lot of beautiful artwork up! 😍 3y
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RamsFan1963
RamsFan1963
The World Inside | Robert Silverberg
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📖 Tagged
✏ Dayton Ward (my favorite Star Trek writer)
📽 Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Weird Science, Witness
📺 Westworld
🎤 Weezer, The Who, The White Stripes, Wang Chung
🎶 Whiskey in the Jar - Metallica
Wrapped Around Your Finger - The Police
Wild Wild Life - Talking Heads
With Or Without You - U2
The Wreck of the Edmund Fritzgerald - Gordon
Lightfoot

#manicmonday #LetterW @JoScho

TK421 And now Wild Wild Life will be in my head for the next couple days. 4y
Chrissyreadit All I saw/heard was Wild Wild West... 4y
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