METAtropolis: Green Space Audiobook By Jay Lake, Elizabeth Bear, Karl Schroeder, Seanan McGuire, Tobias S. Buckell, Mary Robinette Kowal, Ken Scholes cover art

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METAtropolis: Green Space

By: Jay Lake, Elizabeth Bear, Karl Schroeder, Seanan McGuire, Tobias S. Buckell, Mary Robinette Kowal, Ken Scholes
Narrated by: Dion Graham, Robin Miles, Mark Boyett, Scott Brick, Allyson Johnson, Sanjiv Jhaveri, Jennifer Van Dyck, Jonathan Davis
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Audie Award Finalist, Original Work, 2014

Audible’s Audie Award-winning and Hugo Award-nominated vision of the not-too-distant future returns!

As METAtropolis: Green Space moves into the 22nd Century, human social evolution is heading in new directions after the Green Crash and the subsequent Green Renaissance. Nearly everyone who cares to participate in the wired world has become part of the "Internet of things", a virtual environment mapped across all aspects of the natural experience. At the same time, the serious back-to-the-land types have embraced a full-on paleo lifestyle, including genetically engineering themselves and their offspring. At the same time, a back-to-space movement is seeking the moon, a green Mars, and even the stars, with the eventual goal of leaving a pristine and undisturbed Earth behind. METAtropolis: Green Space is the creation of Hugo and World Fantasy Award nominee Jay Lake; Hugo Award winning writers Seanan McGuire, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Elizabeth Bear; New York Times best-selling author Tobias S. Buckell; Aurora Award winner Karl Schroeder; and critically-acclaimed author Ken Scholes.

©2013 Joseph E. Lake, Jr., Elizabeth Bear, Karl Schroeder, Seanan McGuire, Tobias S. Buckell, Mary Robinette Kowal, Ken Scholes (P)2013 Audible Inc. Science Fiction Fiction

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An all-star collection of audiobook award-winning performers give voice to the new world of human social evolution created by a collective of acclaimed science fiction writers in this second sequel to the Hugo-nominated shared world audio anthology, Metratropolis: The Dawn of Uncivilization. Writers from the earlier works share their perspectives with authors new to the series as the tale continues, moving into the mysteries and revelations of a wired world, an "internet of things" post-Green Crash and the subsequent renaissance,where some seek to leave a pristine, undisturbed Earth for the better life they envision on the moon, a green Mars, and perhaps even stars.
Intriguing Concepts • Compelling Storylines • Strong Vocal Performances • Diverse Protagonists • Coherent Shared World
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I'd highly suggest listening to the first two of the Metatropolis compilations before tackling this one as theres follow thru in some of the stories.

I had varied opinions on the varied stories as well as ability of narrators but basically this is a strong followup to the initial Metatropolis and Cascadia books. If you enjoyed the theme and the previous stories, most likely you'll like this one. I did miss previous narrators, Kate Mulgrew was especially great in Cascadia. I also liked the Bashier follow thru, it gave a good idea of the time that had passed.

Worth my credit.

Enjoyable Third Book On The Theme

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The first story in this collection of short stories started slow, became absurd then turned around for an epic conclusion. The rest of the stories pick up from there, even though some are far better than others. There's a couple of stories I wish didn't make it there, because they seriously hurt the quality of the overall package. Still, it's a good addition.

A Worthy Addition

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Not as engaging as the first book. The good stories are really good. The other stories are rather boring. one narrator was exceptionally drab.

Hit or miss

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Unlike the previous installments of METAtropolis I did not enjoy all of the stories this time. There were notable exceptions to the normally high quality of writing and even performances. The only 2 worthwhile stories in this book were the stories of Bashar and his family the bookended the audiobook. They almost make up for the suffering endured through the others. Let's hope they raise the quality bar for the next installment.

The first and last stories are the only worth listening to

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These vary--a lot. Some are extraordinarily well narrated and made me care about characters I couldn't be bothered with in the first Metatropolis. Some are narrated in a monotone. Some are well written and to my taste, some are not.

And, if this were separated and named by story and author, I could skip the boring ones and/or the ones by authors I already don't like and continue on through the anthology. For some reason, there are no titles and no author names in the table of contents

As far as shared world goes: Like the first collection, this is a collection of stories set in the same time and general area. Sometimes they reference events in other stories, sometimes not. I'm on the fence about how effective this is; I'm used to shared worlds like Bordertown or Liavek where there is a real sense that the authors built off of each others work and all contributed to the richness of the world lived in. Here, it seems like they all agreed on a general outline and some thematic elements and then all wandered off in their own directions--nothing here feels like it *has* to be in the collection to work and they give each other very little boost.

On the other hand, it is in the Plus catalog which I am enjoying immensely, which means I'm not hurt by the occasional "meh." I can enjoy what I like and shrug about what I don't. I wouldn't be happy if I had bought it, though.

Chapter titles, please!

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I may have a new favorite reader - the one who read MRK's story.

continues the world of Cascadia

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I wish the chapters were labeled so it's clear which chapter corresponds to which story. I'm not done listening yet so I won't say anything about the stories themselves yet

Good anthology but audiobook is not organized well

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Absolutely loved the Bashar character and entire story arc. Thought provoking. Highly recommend all three books in the series.

Incredible journey

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What a great series!

This last book falls apart on the first story though. The audio production value here is so bad that it remains a debilitating distraction to most of the story. Power through this immediate failure and the series gets back to the usual greatness.

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The stories that connected to previous ones were decent, but in general these felt more disconnected.

not as good as book 2

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