Metatropolis

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Title:

Metatropolis

ISBN:

9781596062382

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

Burton, MI : Subterranean, 2009.

Physical Description:

261 p. ; 23 cm.

Contents:

Introduction / by John Scalzi -- In the forests of the night / by Jay Lake -- Stochasti-city / by Tobias S. Buckell -- The red in the sky is our blood / by Elizabeth Bear -- Utere nihil non extra quiritationem suis / by John Scalzi -- To hie from far Cilenia / by Karl Schroeder.

Subject Term:

Future, The, in literature -- Fiction.

Short stories, American -- 21st century.

Genre:

Science fiction.

Added Author:

Scalzi, John, 1969-

Lake, Jay In the forests of the night.

Buckell, Tobias S. Stochasti-city.

Bear, Elizabeth Red in the sky is our blood.

Scalzi, John, 1969- Utere nihil non extra quiritationem suis.

Schroeder, Karl, 1962- To hie from far Cilenia.

Summary:

Welcome to a world where big cities are dying, dead, or transformed into technological megastructures. Where once-thriving suburbs are now treacherous Wilds. Where those who live for technology battle those who would die rather than embrace it. It is a world of zero-footprint cities, virtual nations, and armed camps of eco-survivalists. METAtropolis is the brainchild of five of science fiction's hottest writers...who combined their talents to build a new urban future and then wrote their own stories in this collectively-constructed world. The results are individual glimpses of a shared vision.

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A strange man comes to an even stranger encampment... A bouncer becomes the lynchpin of an unexpected urban movement... A courier on the run has to decide who to trust in a dangerous city... A slacker in a "zero-footprint" town get a most unusual new job... and a weapons investigator uses his skills to discover a metropolis hidden right in front of his eyes. Welcome to the future of cities. Welcome to METAtropolis. More than an anthology, METAtropolis is the brainchild of five of science fiction's hottest writers -- Elizabeth Bear, Tobias Buckell, Jay Lake, Karl Schroeder and project editor John Scalzi -- who combined their talents to build a new urban future, and then wrote their own stories in this collectively-constructed world. The results are individual glimpses of a shared vision, and a reading experience unlike any you've had before. You're at the city limits now. See what's waiting on the other side.

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Editor Scalzi (Zoe's Tale) and four well-known writers thoughtfully postulate the evolution of cities, transcending postapocalyptic cliches to envision genuinely new communities and relationships. Self-sustaining walled cities struggle with their responsibilities to dying suburbs in Scalzi's "Utere Nihil Non Extra Quiritationem Suis"; goods are exchanged through multiple microtransactions in Tobias S. Buckell's "Stochasti-City" and a reputation economy in Elizabeth Bear's "The Red in the Sky Is Our Blood." A lone man attempts to overthrow an early enclave in Jay Lake's "In the Forests of the Night," while Karl Schroeder's "To Hie from Far Celenia" brilliantly combines steampunk, urban sociology and network theory as entire subcultures go "off the grid." Each story shines on its own; as a group they reinforce one another, building a multifaceted view of a realistic and hopeful urban future. (Aug.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Booklist Review

Scalzi and his contributors/collaborators have created a fascinating shared urban future that each of them evokes with his or her particular strengths. Jay Lake, whose solo world building is extraordinary, opens the book with In the Forests of the Night, in which Cascadiopolis is a new kind of city, based more in ideas and portable technology than the old concerns of capital. Tobias Buckell's Stochasti-City gives us old Detroit and a little cooperation to reclaim part of downtown for the common folk. In Elizabeth Bear's The Red in the Sky Is Our Blood, a woman trying to protect her daughter finds herself entangled with an idealistic counterculture. Scalzi's Utere Nihil Non Extra Quiritationem Suis approaches the matter of zero-footprint city life from the perspective of someone who has been part of it all his life. Karl Schroeder's To Hie from Far Cilenia brings in an entirely different kind of urbanity. Originally an audio anthology, this stellar collection is a fascinating example of shared world building, well deserving of a parallel life in print.--Schroeder, Regina Copyright 2009 Booklist

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