Oath of Fealty
| Title | Oath of Fealty |
| Year for Search | 1981 |
| Authors | Niven, Larry [Lawrence van Cott](b. 1938), and Pournelle, Jerry [Eugene](1933-2017) |
| Date Published | 1981 |
| Publisher | Phantasia Press |
| Place Published | Huntington Woods, MI |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | Dystopia and eutopia presenting the ideas of the Italian architect Paolo Soleri (b. 1919). An arcology is built in the middle of Los Angeles that is home to 250,000 people and provides for all their needs with security of high priority. Conflict with the rest of the city develops, and the strengths and weaknesses of the arcology as a way of life are revealed. For Soleri's ideas, see, for example, his Arcology: The City in the Image of Man. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1969. The community Arcosanti in Arizona was built using his ideas. |
| Additional Publishers | Also published New York: Timescape, 1981. An excerpt was published in Niven’s Playgrounds of the Mind (New York: Tor, 1991), 436-48. |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | Niven (b. 1938) Pournelle (1933-2017) |
| Full Text | 1981 Niven, Larry [Lawrence van Cott] (b. 1938) and Jerry [Eugene] Pournelle (1933-2017). Oath of Fealty. Dystopia and eutopia presenting the ideas of the Italian architect Paolo Soleri (1919-2013). An arcology is built in the middle of Los Angeles that is home to 250,000 people and provides for all their needs with security of high priority. Conflict with the rest of the city develops, and the strengths and weaknesses of the arcology as a way of life are revealed. For Soleri’s ideas, see, for example, his Arcology: The City in the Image of Man. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1969. The community Arcosanti in Arizona was built using his ideas. |
