Metropolis

The classic twentieth-century science fiction novel by the screenwriter of the Fritz Lang film, the famed director's wife and collaborator.   A divided twenty-first-century city sets the stage for this novel of a future dystopia. While the wealthy live in a decadent playground of sex and drugs, workers toil underground operating the machines that keep the city running.   When Freder, the son of the leader of Metropolis, sees the horrific conditions the workers are exposed to, he becomes disillus