“cityCityCITY” is a dystopic science fiction vision of a future
society controlled by “Master Centre Love” and its MacCarthyite
operatives, such as G-92, ruling oppressively via a regime of
surveillance over a city divided into “blocks” kept deliberately
separate from one another. The separation is sustained by the
“No-Zone” laws, which the city's controllers are resolved to
reinforce. These laws prohibit passage from any area of
cityCityCITY into the “No-Zone”, cut off by an invisible and barely
penetrable barrier. These constraints are designed to preserve
social energy to ensure it remains centered on furthering “Master
Center Love” or “MCL” (191). Barrier-strengthening is required
because occasional …
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