Mandala (novella)
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Bear, Greg. "Mandala." New Dimensions: Science Fiction: Number 8. Robert Silverberg, ed. NYC: Harper & Row, 1978. Collected in Bear's The Wind from a Burning Woman. See Internet Speculative Fiction Database for other collections.[1]
See for figurativeLY living, definitely highly mechanized (cybernetic) cities, with cyborgs, robots, automatic extensions of the City, plus aging of the city and its reorganization — and some movement by a City. Important story for the relationships between cities and their human inhabitants (with one end of the curve, so to speak, cities' expelling humans).
Cf. and contrast cities in MORTAL ENGINES (film), "The Caves of Steel," K. S. Robinson's 2312 (Terminator), Bear's own Eon; additionally DARK CITY, and THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR.
RDE, finishing, 1-12Sep22