![]() ![]() “Diaspar might be sufficient for the rest of humanity, but it was not enough for him.” – Arthur C. It mattered nothing to them that Man had once possessed the stars.” – Arthur C. ![]() Diaspar was all that existed, all that they needed, all that they could imagine. “What was beyond the walls of the city was no concern of theirs it was something that had been shut out of their minds. In doing so, he discovers much about humanity’s past and, perhaps, about their future. Unlike everyone else, Alvin begins to question everything about Diaspar and wishes to find a way to leave the dome and explore the outside world. Everyone is content with life in Diaspar until Alvin is awakened by the Central Computer. ![]() While there are no new births in Diaspar, only a portion of the population is awake at any one time while most people’s consciousnesses are stored in the Central Computer. In Diaspar, technology precisely controls everything, eliminating aging, disease, death, and birth. The domed city of Diaspar is all that remains, completely cut off from the outside world. One billion years in the future, Earth’s oceans have dried up and most of humanity has moved on. ![]()
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