The Atopia Chronicles

Atopia, Book 1

De: Matthew Mather

Narrado por: Luke Daniels, Nick Podehl, Angela Dawe, Tanya Eby, Amy McFadden, Mikael Naramore

In the near future, to escape the crush and clutter of a packed and polluted Earth, the world’s elite flock to Atopia, an enormous corporate-owned artificial island in the Pacific Ocean. It is there that Dr. Patricia Killiam rushes to perfect the ultimate in virtual reality: a program to save the ravaged Earth from mankind’s insatiable appetite for natural resources.

A strong narrative with several distinct voices propels the listener through this brave new world, painting a powerful and compelling vision of a society that promises everyone salvation with passage to an addictive, escapist alternative reality.

©2013 Matthew Mather (P)2014 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Excellent start!

Would you consider the audio edition of The Atopia Chronicles, Book 1 to be better than the print version?

I prefer the audio version due to separating male and female characters.

What other book might you compare The Atopia Chronicles, Book 1 to and why?

none at this time.

Which character – as performed by the narrators – was your favorite?

Bob. Stepped up when he had to and became a leader.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Finding out all the drama behind Jimmy (poor guy).

Any additional comments?

Looking forward to the next book and how things will move forward.

Most annoying reading voice ever

Could barely get started. Ended up with the paperback copy, no way is this lady listenable.... Fran Dresher meets a SIRI knockoff... awful, just awful

really good

great book. it's like half a dozen episodes of Black Mirror all rolled into one Pulp Fiction Style. this author is amazing.

Not what I expected but interesting.

Was a strange way to get the point. Some aspects seemed unnecessary. I would recommend it if it comes on sale or the special of the day.

Series has me on the fence

The first two characters in retrospect were like kindleing for the fire, not to mention really annoying. Only a handful of the characters are any good, and the last quarter of the book (especially the Baxter's) is just outright disturbing. I have the sequel, but I'm on the fence about reading it or not. The delivery of the writing is not my cup of tea.

Confusing at times but all the strings come together in a nice knot.

Starting this was difficult because it was hard to track the individual storylines and the shifts in perspective but by the end all of them coalesced into a wonderfully beautiful and interesting whole.

Pohlish

HOT STUFF
This started out really good. It sounded a lot like something Frederik Pohl would write if he was alive today. The book is basically made up of several novellas. The purpose of the novellas is to explain Atopia. Though very advanced, the whole thing seems very plausible. The first two novellas were great and we learned about Atopia through storytelling.

YOUR BEST ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH
I was pretty excited about this to begin with. The novellas are about two hours each. The third novella was boring and was more telling than showing. It got technical in places. I suffered through it and looked at it as a short story collection. In every collection there are usually some losers. Then I was bored by the Interlude and than I was bored by the next novella and the next novella I could not finish. Mather had a great concept and he started out great, but than I believe he was too worried about explaining everything so we understood the science. I might try another Mather book, but I will not continue this series.

GIGANTIC EXTENDED MAMMARY GLANDS
The narrators are top notch. Some of the best in the field, don't understand the problems some of the others had with them.

a little different

you have a series of events that are shown from different characters POV. at first I thought it was repeating but each person adds a little more to what is really going on till you get the whole picture. they're all getting played but if you don't see the individual pieces and the whole you don't get it. it's an interesting premise with our current desire for the latest tech. there is a couple of chapters towards the end that actually do repeat though. the ending really is a big surprise. you will not see it coming. I would recommend older teen and up considering some topics. may contain triggers for some at the very end.

hard to get into, then BAM!

First just let me say that I am a HUGE Matthew Mather fan. I think he is a brilliant writer and this book displayed that as well. Unfortunately, the first half was rather boring, yet hard for me to follow. I would give the first half 2 stars and the second half 4 stars. I just cannot imagine how he could have figured all of this out in his mind and then been able to get it onto paper, and have it all make perfect, brilliant sense. Because the second half was so well done, I will definitely read the second book in the series. I must find out what "they" have in mind to do about Atopia, and I must find out what path Atopia now takes!hard to get into, then BAM! I thought the performers did a really good job!

Brilliant!

The most well written book I have read in some time. So many different points of view that all came together seamlessly.