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Wow, had no idea this thread existed. Anyway, as a kid I read quite a bit of science fiction. I had a rather large collection of books that disappeared when my parents got divorced about the time I turned 13 and I've been trying to recollect them as I go along. There's one science fiction book I enjoyed as a kid and cannot for the life of me remember the name of the book or the author.
The book was basically about a city and it's inhabitants over a period of centuries. Each chapter or two covered a specific time period, I only really remember two sections rather well, one was in the not-so-distance future where sexual contact was not allowed, it was all done in a virtual reality world. If you remember the Sylvester Stallone flick "Demolition Man", it was much like that. This story revolved around a young man who felt lost in time and wanted things to be like they were in the past, he met a young lady and had a sexual encounter with her where he touched her and she became angry and grossed out.
The last chapter or so concerned the AI that ran the city, which had been abandoned for a long time. The AI was starting to go insane due to loneliness until a man showed up and basically shut the city down and took the AI with him into space where the rest of the inhabitants had gone.
That's about all I remember of the book, I know, it's not a whole lot, but I thought it worth a shot. I've searched around on the net for the book, looking for sci-fi books about cities and the like and never have come across it. The book is probably from the mid 70's or older. I got it used as my mother used to take me to a used book store all the time as she read a lot and I'm sure I probably picked it up there. My parents got divorced when I was about 13 or so which would have been in '80 or '81 so I know it was before that. Anyway, thanks for any help or ideas you guys may have.
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