METAtropolis: The Dawn of Uncivilization

By Elizabeth BearJohn ScalziKarl Schroeder, et al.

Book Overview

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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765335107
• ISBN13: 9780765335104
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.2"