Richard Wilson 2 hr 51 min read

The town of Superior, Ohio picks itself up one night and rises two full miles into the sky, and secedes from Earth.

Richard Wilson's 1960 comic novel strands Don Cort aboard the airborne town, whose citizens calmly credit a local crackpot professor, until it becomes clear the professor has no idea how to bring them down. Buoyant, inventive social SF with a delightful central image. Read it for one of the genre's great high-concept comedies, floating on pure imagination.

In its time

Published in 1960, during the 1960s, new wave revolutionizes the genre.

Reading it

2 hr 51 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).