In the first text “In Imagining Urban Futures: Cities in Science Fiction and What We Might Learn From Them”, Abbott discuses the notion of moving, migratory cities described in various science fiction media. I was fascinated by how creative and unique most of these migratory cities are, in which there are multifaceted categories of cities designed to traverse the lands. An example of this is Armada, where the city is composed of a series of ships linked together and live within a hunter-gatherer society lifestyle, by hunting down cargo ships and receive loot to feed the economy. Here, we also see an envisioned world in which the city has a fusion between nomadic life and technology. Another example of this is Terminator, where the domed city is situated on the planet Mercury and is on tracks and is constantly on the move (Hence a train-like city). The writer behind Terminator also states that his future cities are always on the move to symbolise the theory of successful urbanism. This highlights that despite how impractical some of these cities are at representing a realistic city, by ignoring the physics and energy intake to power such a large structure to move, they still attempt to relate back to social issues taken place in the real world.
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Clear summary. I wonder what your personal thoughts on migratory cities are apart from summarizing the piece.