Ted Chiang's story "Towers of Babylon" gave me big "Invisible Cities" vibes, in a good way.
I think I have a type. Who else writes stories/books with focus on construction of fantastical cities/environs?
@johns Also, NK Jemisin in the specific case of the books about NYC (the City we became etc...). But that seems different to me. It's more build a fantastic story around a familiar place.
@johns Science-fantasy architecture and "sufficiently advanced technology indistinguishable from nature" are my jam, baby!
@johns I have mixed feelings about it, but Saint of Bright Doors tried hard to construct a fantastical city—didn’t always work but when it did, wow.
100 Years of Solitude is, to some extent, about a fantastical village.
Mieville, particularly City and the City, has already been mentioned.
Gene Wolfe’s New Sun is not for everyone but is very much a fantastical (post-?)city.
@johns Darth Vader would like to have a word...
@johns China Mieville? Not quite as highbrow as Eco, but not pulp either.