City by Clifford D. Simak is the story of the end of the city, the abandonment of Earth by humans, and the rising hegemony of Dogs. Then we talk about early genre publishing houses.
Links:
City by Clifford D. Simak [1952]:
https://archive.org/details/city00sima/mode/2up
Wikipedia entry on Gnome Press:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnome_Press
Wikipedia entry on Arkham House:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkham_House
Wikipedia Entry on Advent:Publishers:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advent:Publishers
I, Robot episode of The Outer Limits:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6okyj2
