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About METAtropolis
John Scalzi and Tobias Buckell talk about the sci-fi audiobook event of the year.
The authors converse about writing for audio, how they artfully handle peculiar prose called infodumps, and the fun behind world-building in collaboration. How this team of five incorporated their lives into their novellas for METAtropolis and whether their frightening visions of the future could ever happen are also among the topics covered.
Sci-Fi Masters Meet Battlestar Galactica Narrators and More
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In the Forests of the Night by Jay Lake (read by Michael Hogan)
Death improves everyone's reputation. For some, it also multiplies their power.
Jay Lake is the author of four novels, including Mainspring, and more than 200 short stories. The 2004 winner of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, Lake has also been nominated for the Hugo Award and the World Fantasy Award.
Michael Hogan is best known as Col. Saul Tigh, the executive officer on the landmark Sci-Fi Channel series, Battlestar Galactica. Among his other numerous roles are multi-episode appearances on such television series as The L Word and Monk.
Stochasti-city by Tobias Buckell (read by Scott Brick)
It was then I heard the click of a safety catch being released in the alley behind me.
Tobias Buckell grew up on Grenada, as well as the British and U.S. Virgin Islands. Though he has lived in the States since 1995, his Caribbean background infuses his writing. His published novels include Crystal Rain, Ragamuffin, and Sly Mongoose.
Scott Brick is one of the most prolific and best-loved voices in the audiobook business, having narrated more than 400 titles. He's been named a "Golden Voice" by AudioFile Magazine, the leading industry publication. Sci-fi audio fans know him best for his 2008 Audie Award-winning work on Frank Herbert's Dune.
The Red in the Sky is Our Blood by Elizabeth Bear (read by Kandyse McClure)
A silhouette detached itself from the left wall and stepped gingerly towards her.
Elizabeth Bear was honored with the 2008 Hugo Award for Best Short Story for Tideline. She also received the 2005 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Bear is equally adept at science fiction and fantasy, having published nearly 20 novels.
Kandyse McClure plays Officer Anastasia "Dee" Dualla on Battlestar Galactica. Trained at Vancouver's Lyric School of Acting, Kandyse has also appeared on such TV series as Smallville, Dark Angel, and Da Vinci's Inquest.
Utere Nihil... by John Scalzi (read by Alessandro Juliani)
Conspirators were chosen to resemble the people whose identities they'd stolen.
John Scalzi's novels include Old Man's War (2006 Hugo Award nominee) and The Last Colony (2008 Hugo Award nominee). Scalzi won the 2006 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. He is also considered one of sci-fi's top opinion leaders, via his immensely popular blog. For his critical writing, Scalzi received the 2008 Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer.
In addition to his role as Lt. Felix Gaeta on Battlestar Galactica, Alessandro Juliani has appeared in Stargate SG-1, Dark Angel, and other series. He is a graduate of McGill University in Montreal, where he earned a Bachelor of Music in Vocal/Opera Performance.
To Hie from Far Cilenia by Karl Schroeder (read by Stefan Rudnicki)
The transport truck was pinioned in spotlights as men in hazmat suits walked toward it.
Karl Schroeder is among Canada's most prominent science fiction writers. He is best known for his Virga series, set in a world that is actually a zero-gravity bubble of gas heated by an artificial sun.
Stefan Rudnicki has more than a thousand audiobooks to his credit as narrator, writer, producer, or director. He is best known to sci-fi audio fans for his voice work on Ender's Game, and other titles in Orson Scott Card's classic Ender Wiggin series.
Audiobooks by METAtropolis Authors
Mainspring
By Jay Lake
Narrated by William Dufris
Mainspring is the story of a young clockmaker's apprentice, who is visited by the Archangel Gabriel. He is told that he must take the Key Perilous and rewind the Mainspring of the Earth. It is running down, and disaster to the planet will ensue if it's not rewound. From innocence and ignorance to power and self-knowledge, the young man will make the long and perilous journey to the South Polar Axis to fulfill the commandment of his God.
- 13 hours and 24 min.
Undertow
By Elizabeth Bear
Narrated by Timothy Reynolds
Elizabeth Bear is a rising name in science fiction. In Undertow, André Deschênes wants to escape his life as a hired assassin. He hopes to learn the art of conjuring, manipulating the odds of people's lives. But a revolution is brewing in the city of Novo Haven, where an alien race is finally gaining ground, demanding they be treated as citizens. And before André moves on, he has a contract to fulfill.
- 11 hours and 13 min.
Zoe's Tale
By John Scalzi
Narrated by Tavia Gilbert
"I'm Zoe Boutin Perry: A colonist stranded on a deadly pioneer world. Holy icon to a race of aliens. A player in a interstellar chess match to save humanity. Seventeen years old. Everyone on Earth knows the tale I am part of. But you don't know my tale: I'm going to tell it to you now, the only way I know how: not straight but true, the whole thing, to try make you feel what I felt: the joy and terror and uncertainty, panic and wonder, despair and hope."
- 10 hours and 2 min.
Pirate Sun
By Karl Schroeder
Narrated by Joyce Irvine, David Thorn
Chaison Fanning, the admiral of a fleet of warships, has been captured and imprisoned by his enemies, but is suddenly rescued and set free. He flees through the sky to his home city to confront the ruler who betrayed him. And perhaps even to regain his lovely, powerful, and subversive wife, Venera, who he has not seen since she fled with the key to the artificial sun at the center of Virga, Candesce.
- 10 hours and 38 min.
Sly Mongoose
By Tobias S. Buckell
Narrated by Jonathan Davis
Welcome to Chilo, a planet with corrosive rain, crushing pressure, and deadly heat. Fortunately, 14-year-old Timas lives in one of the domed cities that float 100,000 feet above the surface, circling near the edge of a monstrous perpetual storm. Above the acidic clouds the temperature and pressure are normal. But to make a living, Timas, like many other young men, is lowered to the surface in an armored suit to scavenge what he can.
- 10 hours and 37 min.
The Last Colony
By John Scalzi
Narrated by William Dufris
Retired from his fighting days, John Perry is now village ombudsman for a human colony on distant Huckleberry. With his wife, former Special Forces warrior Jane Sagan, he farms several acres, adjudicates local disputes, and enjoys watching his adopted daughter grow up. That is, until his and Jane's past reaches out to bring them back into the game.
- 9 hours and 51 min.
Sun of Suns
By Karl Schroeder
Narrated by Joyce Irvine
It is the distant future. The world known as Virga is a fullerene balloon 3,000 kilometers in diameter, filled with air, water, and aimlessly floating chunks of rock. The humans who live in this vast environment must build their own fusion suns and "towns" that are in the shape of enormous wood and rope wheels that are spun for gravity.
- 11 hours and 21 min.
Old Man's War
By John Scalzi
Narrated by William Dufris
John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First, he visited his wife's grave. Then he joined the army. The good news is that humanity finally made it into interstellar space. The bad news is that planets fit to live on are scarce - and alien races willing to fight us for them are common. So, we fight, to defend Earth and to stake our own claim to planetary real estate. Far from Earth, the war has been going on for decades: brutal, bloody, unyielding.
- 9 hours and 58 min.
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