In Fiction
The science fiction writer Bruce Sterling has dedicated a story to the town in his collection Crystal Express. The story "Dinner at Audoghast" recalls a dinner at a rich merchants house that takes place at the height of the thriving metropolis about the year 1000 AD. The dinner is described were the guests discuss about their businesses and local affairs. They hear that a notorious fortuneteller is in town and they invite him to join them. He tells them their future and that of the city that it will be destroyed in the near future so that the once thriving metropolis is only a marginal note in history.
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