stolencapybara 's review for:

Metatropolis: The Dawn of Uncivilization by Tobias S. Buckell, Elizabeth Bear, Karl Schroeder, Jay Lake, John Scalzi
4.0

The best things about Metatropolis, specifically in the audiobook version, are the range of styles, the mix of dystopian and utopian elements and the music. I usually despise music in audiobooks, but in this case it does much to intesify the atmosphere, especially after the first novella. Metatropolis as a place works especially well because it is a disunified place represented by very different voices, each exploring a different place, even if sometimes the geography overlaps.