Metatropolis / edited by John Scalzi ; original stories by Jay Lake ... [et al.].
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TextPublication details: New York : Tor, 2010.Edition: 1st Tor edDescription: 286 p. ; 22 cmISBN: - 0765327104
- 9780765327109
- 813 SCA
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Loan | Moylish Library Fiction Collection | 813 SCA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100401141 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Five original tales set in a shared urban future--from some of the hottest young writers in modern SF
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 .
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.
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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 Jon Scalzi -- To hie from far Cilenia / by Karl Schroeder.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction (p. 9)
- In The Forests Of The Night (p. 13)
- Stochasti-City (p. 78)
- The Red In The Sky Is Our Blood (p. 133)
- Utere Nihil Non Extra Quiritationem Suis (p. 174)
- To Hie From Far Cilenia (p. 231)
Author notes provided by Syndetics
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.