Definitely worth reading for some of the stories, though others weren't to my taste, pulling the rating down. Really enjoyed parts of it though, and some great, original ideas.

I have liked all three of the METAtropolis short story collections. Short stories are perfect for audiobook listening, even when I am actively reading a novel in Kindle or hardcopy format. The first collection of inter-related stories was set about 30 years in the future. The second, METAtropolis, Cascadia, was set about 50 to 60 years in the future. And this collection is set about 100 years in the future. The multiple writers agree upon some common facts, but most of the stories are otherwise

Again like the others I found some stories I really liked and others I didn’t care for. The premise is great and I like the world building that has been done by all the authors. Some stories really work for me and others don’t. I think most readers will agree with this but may think differently with each story.

I didn't like METAtropolis: Green Space nearly as much as the first two volumes. This was much bleaker, with a lot of subtle and no-so-subtle corporate takeover and intrigue. I don't know if the point was that we always come back around to the same thing again. But if it were me, I would have taken some of these subjects and made the same point with different stories. I rated each story separately and came up with a 3.71 average, higher than I thought. But I just can't bring myself to give it 4

There are some very cool ideas in this third installment in the METAtropolis short story collection, but the authors got less disciplined here and there are some stories that seem to be phoned in. On top of that, the very famous scifi actors who narrated the first two installments have been replaced by some sub-par narrators who were almost annoying to listen to. I would recommend this collection only to the hard-core scifi readers who are here for the ideas, for there are some extremely cool id...

Why do I read books in a series out of order? Because, I don't check to see they are part of a series. Oops.It didn't matter with this book. It was great!Set in Seattle, every short story shares the Green Space idea. Yes, the environment and companies and capitalists attempting ruining it. It is in a post-apocalyptic future shared by multiple authors. It gets pulled together in the end so it doesn't leave you feeling like you are being jerked between stories.I love this. Maybe because I lived in...

Auch der dritte Band ist absolut perfekt. Jede einzelne Story und das ganze Konzept zusammen. Die Reihe gehört mit Sicherheit zum Besten, was ich in 40 Jahren an Sci-Fi gelesen bzw. gehört habe. Auch narrated ist es hervorragend. Das Ganze in Zeiten von Covid19 zu hören ist allerdings - speziell. Ich wünschte, es gäbe mehr davon.

Very interesting ideas and stories about the future of earth and humanity.

Aaaaand I'm done with the series. This volume had little that was new or thought-provoking.

Good fun and an interesting read to pass the time

The best of the three in my opinion. These stories interconnect more within this volume, as well as to previous volumes.

This is actually a worthy coda to the trilogy. I saw Noah today (to wit: Noah reframed as a religious fundamentalist and our world as a post-apocalyptic dystopia) in a shopping mall in Luanda, Angola ("globalization") and I identified a number of themes that connected with the themes in the series (man's destruction of the world, humanity not deserving this blue planet, etc.). I also recently heard/read Dave Eggers' The Circle and also, lots of connections (i.e., the consequences of permanent in...

Regarding the stories: I think I'm getting a little tired of this series.The concept the series started with - innovative ways to deal with climate change - is now far from the case since we're now decades (almost a century?) after the initial focus on utra-eco-friendly societies began, and I'm not entirely sure that the technology by now really WORKS with that ultra-eco-friendly concept. But I still love some of the technology that has been introduced and the applications of it. Augmented Reali...

This is a collection of short stories/novellas by various authors, set in the same universe as the first two METAtropolis books. As with those, some of the stories are really good, almost 5 star. Others are mediocre to poor, some I would rate as low as 2 star. The overarching story is really good and that's what I'm giving the 4 stars to. Note too that each short story/novella has a different narrator(s). Some are excellent while others are atrocious. I recommend this overall, but be prepared ei...

I enjoyed all the stories again. One thing that was made clear to me was that when the characters talk about moving their eyes and their Isis, they are talking about a bodily update where they can access the internet via their bodies. This is a creepy concept to me and I don't think I would do it, but my husband said he would in a heart beat.

Warning! You’re entering serious geek territory! Only authorized geeky personnel is to proceed beyond this point! OK, I’m kidding but seriously, this is some awesome hardcore sci-fi... Read the full audiobook review for METAtropolis: Green Space here.

The authors do a good job of connecting the different stories together without requiring too much recollection of previous stories. Once again, we skip ahead "40" years and the world is different but the same. They handle the time skip better this time than in the second book - no distracting inconsistencies that I noticed.The collection itself is, however, not quite as good as its predecessor. The big problem this time is how well their predictions of future technology come across. And that is

This is a collection of short stories all taking place, not only in the same universe, but in roughly the same time period. Some stories take place at the center of major events, while others quietly unfold a thousand miles away.I loved the world. It takes place in a Green Renaissance, where the damage from centuries past has been healed, but not without a cost. Humanity is changing rapidly in this new world, through genetic modification, change in habitat, or, quite frankly, change in pecking o...

The third (and final?) collection of audio-only short stories set in the next 70-80 years follows up quite nicely on the first two collections, and perhaps might actually surpass them for collective excellence. Not all the stories are great, but some are - especially Jay Lake's leadoff story. In fact, in all three of the METAtropolis books, Lake's stories are the standouts - his death last year is a real loss for the sci fi community. Narrators are again mostly excellent, but Dion Graham as the

A fantastic third in the series. My personal favorites in this anthology come from Tobias Buckell and Jay Lake, but all the stories were involving and in some ways the authors did their best job yet of taking a common thread and weaving it into their various plots.If you're a fan of near future, speculative science fiction then you need to go get this right away. There is Hugo material herein.