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Metatropolis: Original Science Fiction Stories in a Shared Future Paperback - 2013

by John Scalzi; Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Editor)

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 combine their talents to build a new urban future.


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Five original tales set in a shared urban future--from some of the hottest young writers in modern SF 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. A strange man comes to an even stranger encampment...a bouncer becomes the linchpin 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 gets 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. Other Works by John Scalzi Old Man's War Series
#1 Old Man's War / #2 The Ghost Brigades / #3 The Last Colony / #4 Zoe's Tale / #5 The Human Division / #6 The End of All Things / Short fiction: "After the Coup" Other Tor Books
The Android's Dream / Agent to the Stars / Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded / Fuzzy Nation / Redshirts / Lock In / The Collapsing Empire

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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.

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  • Title Metatropolis: Original Science Fiction Stories in a Shared Future
  • Author John Scalzi; Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher St. Martin's Press
  • Date 2013-11-19
  • ISBN 9780765335104 / 0765335107
  • Weight 0.54 lbs (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.24 x 5.6 x 0.73 in (20.93 x 14.22 x 1.85 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Science fiction, Science fiction, American
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

John Scalzi won the 2006 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and his debut novel Old Man's War was a finalist for science fiction's Hugo Award. His other books include The Ghost Brigades, The Android's Dream and The Last Colony. He has won the Hugo Award, the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award for science-fiction, the Seiun, The Kurd Lasswitz and the Geffen awards. His weblog, Whatever, is one of the most widely-read web sites in modern SF. Born and raised in California, Scalzi studied at the University of Chicago. He lives in southern Ohio with his wife and daughter.

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