Metatropolis thrilled us with its near-future shared world and its daring take on urban decay and reinvention. So we're psyched that a second volume is coming out — focusing exclusively on one of the most memorable settings in the first book, the reborn Pacific Northwest known as Cascadia. Edited by Jay Lake, whose "In…
Karl Schroeder Talks About Futurism vs. Science Fiction
Science fiction writer Karl Schroeder, author of The Sunless Countries (reviewed here
Crowdsourcing Leads to Madness In "The Sunless Countries"
Karl Schroeder, author of Pirate Sun, is a master at writing crazy, swashbuckling adventures in strange worlds - then making you think. His latest, The Sunless Countries, balances breathtaking worldbuilding with an intriguing critique of "the wisdom of crowds."
Metatropolis Is The Best Kind Of Urban Renewal
The futuristic city is often a supporting character in science fiction, but these urban visions rarely feel like places you could live in. So Metatropolis, a new anthology of city tales, is a nice surprise.
Dream-Eaters and Three-Sexed Aliens in the Five Greatest…
What would weather be like if you lived in a planet-sized bag of oxygen? What would reproduction be like if there were a third sex who combined the genetic material of two other sexes by linking them at the neurological level and giving them braingasms? What would scientific progress be like in an anarchist-feminist…
