City of Endless Night
Milo Hastings
Play
Length 9 h 41 min
Chapters 18
First published 1920
An example of early dystopian science fiction written shortly after World War I, "City of Endless Night" imagines a future with a very different ending to the Great War. Set in 2151 and in an underground Berlin, our protagonist is Lyman De Forrest, an American chemist who enters the city to discover the hidden truths of a forbidden metropolis. The subterranean world hosts a highly-regimented society of 300,000,000 sun-starved humans. As the first outsider to enter, he's horrified by what he finds, but will he accomplish his mission and escape the living tomb? - Summary by Kate Follis
Chapters
1
I -The Red and Black and Gold Struggle for Supremacy on the Changing Map of the World Read by Kate Follis 11:35
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II - I Explore the Potash Mines of Stassfurt and Find a Diary in a Dead Man's Pocket Read by Kate Follis 37:20
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III - In a Black Utopia the Blond Brood Breeds and Swarms Read by Kate Follis 52:43
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IV - I Go Pleasuring on the Level of Free Women and Drink Synthetic Beer Read by Kate Follis 30:02
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V - I am Drafted for Paternity and Make Extraordinary Petition to the Chief of the Eugenic Staff (parts 1-3) Read by Kate Follis 30:54
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V - I am Drafted for Paternity and Make Extraordinary Petition to the Chief of the Eugenic Staff (parts 4-7) Read by Kate Follis 36:41
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VI - In Which I Learn that Competition is Still the Life of the Oldest Trade in the World (parts 1-4) Read by Kate Follis 38:19
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VI - In Which I Learn that Competition is Still the LIfe of the Oldest Trade in the World (parts 5-9) Read by Kate Follis 43:06
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VII - The Sun Shines Upon a King and a Girl Reads of the Fall of Babylon Read by Kate Follis 17:51
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VIII - Finding Therein One Righteous Man, I Have Compassion on Berlin Read by Kate Follis 46:27
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IV - In Which I Salute the Statue of God, and a Psychic Expert Explores My Brain and Finds Nothing Read by Kate Follis 42:49
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X - A Goddess Who is Suffering from Obesity, and a Brave Man Who is Afraid of the Law of Averages Read by Kate Follis 27:43
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XI - In Which the Talking Delegate is Answered by the Royal Voice and I Learn that Labor Knows Not God Read by Kate Follis 30:43
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XII - The Divine Descendants of William the Great Give a Benefit for the Canine Gardens and Pay Tribute to the Piggeries (parts 1-3) Read by Kate Follis 31:28
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XII - The Divine Descendants of William the Great Give a Benefit for the Canine Gardens and Pay Tribute to the Piggeries (parts 4-5) Read by Kate Follis 24:21
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XIII - In Which a Woman Accuses Me of Murder and I Place a Ruby Necklace About Her Throat Read by Kate Follis 25:19
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XIV - The Black Spot is Erased from the Map of the World and There is Dancing in the Sunlight on the Roof of Berlin (parts 1-4) Read by Kate Follis 30:35
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XIV - The Black Spot is Erased from the Map of the World and There is Dancing in the Sunlight on the Roof of Berlin (parts 5-7) Read by Kate Follis 22:34
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