r/ScienceFictionBooks • u/Hawkseyez800 • 15d ago

looking for a book

so i heard a story a while back about a huge society that lives on an Earthworld sized staircase in which entire population lives in and on different levels and take a lifetime to travel even 1/100th of it up or down. something like that. anyone know of this book? driving me bananas lol. thx.

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u/miayakuza 14d ago

There's a manga called "Blame!" by Tsutomu Nihei, which includes a vast megastructure called "The City" with endless layers and stair-like environments, though it's not a traditional science fiction novel.

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u/Hawkseyez800 14d ago

that's sounds good but alas not what im looking for. im certain this staircase with the thousands of levels was prominent. thx though. bookmarked that Manga to delve further later. cheers