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.

This was a bit harder to get into unlike the first book. It sometimes felt as if the stories didn't to together until the last two.

Cutting edge sci-fi: thought-provoking and full of real possibilities, with alcohol-backed currency and digital nation-states being just a few.

Six short stories, each written by different authors, set in the same near-future pacific northwest territory which has broken away from the United States. Each story is narrated by a different actor from the Star Trek Next Generation series.The stories touch upon conservatism vs. liberalism, religion and environtalism. However, the stories meander aimlessly and are largely each uninteresting, and the connection between them seems forced.

This audio short story collection lingered on my Ipod for months. The first and last stories were great, but in-between were a couple of mildly disappointing stories and two I only made it through with much gritting-of-teeth and frequent switches to listen to podcasts instead.Haven't read stories by Jay Lake or Ken Scholes before, but I did enjoy their offerings here, improved by fantastic narration by Rene Auberjonois and Levar Burton. I did not care at all about the wine farming in Mary Robine...

Disappointing. The first story, the longest, which was meant to set the scene, was really boring. It had some good characters but all the political machinations and whatnot were dry. I felt like I needed a reference book.The other stories were hit-or-miss. Overall it seems to be an interesting world with a lot of unremarkable people in it.Probably the main pull was the narrators: all Next Generation-era Star Trek actors. That was fun. Unfortunately they aren't necessarily very skilled at narrati...

This collection was published first on Audible.com as interrelated short stories, set in the same near-future universe. I read it as a book. Of the five authors, two are already favorites: John Scalzi 7768043and Elizabeth Bear. “In the Forests of the Night” by Jay Lake introduces us to Cascadiopolis, an amalgam of the Pacific Northwest cities of Portland, Seattle and Vancouver. “Stochasti- City” by Tobias S. Buckell is about vertical gardening in skyscrapers in Detroit and a former soldier arran...

Got 'In the Forests of the Night' for free on Audible. It was pretty good, mostly because of narration by BSG's Saul Tigh!

Duck, fancy prose about futuristic Portland. Meaningless, boring giving rise to frustration.

I was excited to hear about a follow-up of METAtropolis: The Dawn of Uncivilization, though not as happy that the focus would be Cascadia. To me, it was the least interesting of the linked cityscapes presented in the original collection. However, I was gratified to find that we weren't going to spend the entire time hiking in the woods. Though the stories in this collection were more closely linked together, at least geographically, I found them to be more variable in quality, so I will address

I love short stories. I love how authors can pack so much into such a small package. This was no exception. All of the stories were well written and left me wanting to understand more of the world in which they took place. This stories all take place in the same post-apocalyptic world. I love the common vocabulary and tech, and the continuity between the stories. I did not read the first installment of this anthology, but I will be going back to get it.

This is my very first audiobook review so please bear with me. I asked some other reviewers for advice and tried my best. When I got the chance to review Metatropolis: Cascadia I just couldn't say no. Science Fiction narrated by Star Trek cast? Do I have to say more? This audiobook is an anthology written by different modern science fiction authors BUT all the stories are set in the same world. They are connected by more than one character but all the stories can be listened to independently...

Many of the stories are either sequels to or direct descendents of the stories in the first volume, so although it could possibly be read as a stand-alone, it's much better as a set.The first volume focuses more on ideas - the creating of society, the striving to find a new way of doing things, the irrationality of how the world is currently structured. It's all about new ecological and economic processes. Whereas this volume is more the consequences of the created societies once the shiny newne...

Much to my surprise, this series continues to be enjoyable. I believe I will be picking up the 3rd book soon.[Audiobook bonus: all the readers were Star Trek actors. No one ever explained how this came about. But it was just a nice lagniappe.)

This should be "listened to" instead of "read", as it is an audio book.And, although I love Star Trek, I am mildly dissapointed. The stories are "almost good" in their best, and "almost bad" in their worst moments, whilw swimming through the ocean of mediocre most of the time.

Better than the first which was just ok for me. Some of my favorite readers.

I liked these stories

Really enjoyable series a very good look at some possible futures well maybe ;-)

This is the second anthology in a series that began with METAtropolis: the Dawn of Uncivilization. This collection riffs off the first story in that anthology, taking place in a transnational entity that includes the geographical areas formerly known as British Columbia, Washington and Orgeon states. The stories are set around the year 2070 in post-industrial, post-capitalist, post-national world and are all read by actors from various incarnations of Star Trek. The first story, written by Jay L...

After listening to the first story in this collection, I was excited. Jay Lake's story had been one of my least favorite in the first collection (it was good but didn't really do it for me), but his entry for this collection, The Bull Dancers, was very good. In the end, however, I was disappointed. Most of the stories were OK, but failed to engage me. The two other standouts were Tobias Buckell's Byways, which I think dealt with some fairly subtle and delicate issues without getting preachy. The...