Prime logo Prime members: New to Audible?
Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.
Meatspace  By  cover art

Meatspace

By: Asa Tait
Narrated by: Christopher Harbour
Try for $0.00

$14.95/month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $19.95

Buy for $19.95

Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.

Publisher's summary

Eternal life Inside is a digital paradise if you can make rent. Jim Chord can’t. He already sold off the last of his childhood memories. The love of his life has ghosted him. He has nowhere left to run. When a trillionaire goes missing, Jim has one last shot to track him down and earn a reward that will keep him Inside forever. But the magnate seems to be dead, and that simply doesn’t happen. Not here. Not to someone with money. The solution to this impossible mystery can only be found on the Outside - the grimy, blood-soaked physical world that Jim had happily forgotten. Now he must face the people and sensations he’d abandoned in a world where nothing is free and death is very real.

©2019 Machovia Productions INC (P)2020 Machovia Productions INC

What listeners say about Meatspace

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    4
  • 4 Stars
    2
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Performance
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    4
  • 4 Stars
    1
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    3
  • 4 Stars
    1
  • 3 Stars
    1
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars
Listener received this title free

THE MACHINE STOPS

The story is told in the best tradition of Film Noir, though the setting is sometime in the post-apocalyptic future. Our hardboiled hero, living in a digital playground for the rich and immortal, is investigating an impossibility: one of the founders has actually died, permanently. Being threatened on multiple sides to stop, the investigation leads him back and forth into the "meat space" of the "real' world until he discovers the truth, and the truth of that truth.

Narration Note: The versatility of voices really helped with understanding the book through all the quick changes in scenery and reality. As character descriptions changed between the analog and digital worlds the voices maintained that continuity of character.

While the title of this book makes perfect sense AFTER having read it, I think it hampers itself from drawing in first time readers.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars
Listener received this title free

Gripping Cyberpunk Murder Mystery

I totally misjudged this book based on the cover and the title. Both don’t reflect the awesomeness contained within. Meatspace is a gripping cyberpunk detective murder mystery. Take Blade Runner, Ready Player One, and Hardwired and stick them in a blender and you will get something unique, like Meatspace. The story has a touch of gritty atmosphere, which suits the mystery part of the story really well. I was immediately sucked into this story and it kept me engaged the entire time. I’m really glad I gave this book a chance, despite the title sounding like an adult entertainment film.

Jim Chord has been hired as a sheriff and then warned off of investigating a case too closely. Some of the night club scenes, games, and crazy avatar skins made me think of RPO (which I quite enjoyed). Jim’s story-long hunt for the truth brought to mind Blade Runner. Yet Meatspace is a story in and of it’s own. There were twists and turns that kept me guessing right up to the end. I especially enjoyed those parts where Jim has to experience the real world – physical meatspace – the place where human bodies get the job done. He grew up in the cyberworld so I was amused by how much his body demanded of him. He was not ready for that. And yet he learned the true pleasure of relief from pain or discomfort – like having a full belly or an empty bladder.

The big reveal about the cyberworld was awesome. I didn’t see that coming. It was like that moment in the Matrix when Neo learns what humans really are to the machines. Nicely done. I was a fan of the story long before that reveal but that moment has placed this book in among my favorite cyberpunk novels. 5/5 stars.

The Narration: Christopher Harbour was a great pick for this narration. He had the perfect voice for Jim, being just a touch gravelly. He had unique voices for all the characters and his female voices were believable. I especially liked his old lady voice for Helen and his ruined voice for Whisper. The pacing was perfect and there were no tech issues with this recording. 5/5 stars.

I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Asa Tait. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars
Listener received this title free

Pretty good book

Had to listen to the book twice! The narration Christopher Harbour has such a relaxing tone that my girlfriend and I kept falling asleep! Not a bad book. Would have loved if it was longer to add in more details!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

interesting book in light of m e t a

I took me awhile to get a visual at this world in my head once I did though I enjoyed the storyline and also found it very prevalent to today

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars
Listener received this title free

Bodies just being a home to consciousness.

I received this as an audiobook to read for free in exchange for my honest review. Thank you to The Parliament House for giving me access.

Bodies just being a home to consciousness? Yes please!

This was very different from anything I've read and a bit strange at points. Overall, I enjoyed it and would read more if there ever was any.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!