City and stars. Clark A.

Diaspar - the city of the future, whose inhabitants are protected from the harsh deserts of the dying land, are happy and prosperous. They are immortal - and therefore do not think about either the past or the future. Liz - a valley, also reliably protected from the poisonous tentacles of deserts with high mountains, became a house for completely different people. Unlike the Diaspar, they are mortal, and did not lose human feelings - mutual assistance, love, unity with nature - however, they often treat strangers with distrust, being telepaths. And young man Olvin, who will have to unite two so unlike cultures...