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R.I.P. Jay Lake, Irreplaceable Science Fiction And Fantasy Author

Charlie Jane Anders
6/01/14 5:15pm
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The first time I met Jay Lake, he was greeting people at a convention party in a Hawaiian shirt and joking, "That's right. I'm Cancer Guy." Lake was willing to joke about his identity as cancer survivor, while also inspiring others. But his identity as a writer and editor of groundbreaking SF was even more important.

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One of last year's coolest anthologies gets a sequel

Charlie Jane Anders
10/06/10 5:30pm
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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…

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Future Cities, The Steampunk Past, And Everything In Between

StephenGoldmeier
7/10/09 6:30pm
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This month, spend some time in Victorian steampunk England, hunt down lost artifacts on Mars, or get to know Batman a little better. You could also grab a drink in post-apocalyptic Wales. All that and more, in July books.

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Metatropolis Is The Best Kind Of Urban Renewal

Charlie Jane Anders
3/13/09 7:42pm
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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.

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Metatropolis Story of Decaying Cities, Read by Saul Tigh

Annalee Newitz
10/17/08 2:20pm
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Instead of reading about the stock market this afternoon, divert yourself by listening to some near-future tales of the ecopocalypse instead. The first story from John Scalzi's new audiobook anthology Metatropolis is online for free, and it sounds fantastic. Written by Jay "Mainspring" Lake and read by Michael "Saul…

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