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Infinite Metropolis Paperback – January 31, 2020

by Edmund Schluessel (Author), Mikko Rauhala (Author), Zelda Knight (Editor)
4.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
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The Big Apple fell far from the tree. Now adrift in an alternate dimension, New Yorkers cling to sanity in an Escherian maze. Welcome to the Infinite Metropolis; you may never leave. Based on the science fiction audio drama of the same name, Infinite Metropolis contains twelve original short stories by Finnish authors Edmund Schluessel and Mikko Rauhala.
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    118 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publication date
    January 31, 2020
  4. Dimensions
    5 x 0.3 x 8 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    1946024864
  6. ISBN-13
    978-1946024862
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Aurelia Leo; Illustrated edition (January 31, 2020)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 118 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1946024864
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1946024862
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.3 x 8 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings

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  1. Edmund Schluessel

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    Dr. Edmund Schluessel holds a PhD in theoretical astrophysics from Cardiff University and has published work on the theory of gravitational waves and on cosmology. His short fiction has drawn comparisons to Olaf Stapledon and has been featured in the anthology Mind Candy Too, in Tähtivaeltaja magazine and elsewhere. By day, he work as a teacher of mathematics. An experienced political activist in the tradition of Judith Merrill and China Mieville, he organized the biggest demonstration against Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in his adopted home city of Helsinki.

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    Mikko Rauhala is a Finnish SF author making their foray into the English speaking world. They often write their stories in both languages, which can get frustrating when there’s no one else to blame for the occasional double entendres.

    Informed by their master’s degree in intelligent systems, they’re most at home in hard science fiction settings, though they’re not exclusive and like to cross genres. Whether the subject is steam powered gnomes or universal quantum suicide, Rauhala enjoys taking an eccentric premise and bringing it to its logical conclusion. As befits a Finn, their plot-driven narrative is often seasoned with a touch of dark, dry humor.

    Rauhala is an Associate member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America.

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  • Alexander W.
    5.0 out of 5 stars The length of a short story doesn't define its scope.
    Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2020
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    INFINITE METROPOLIS opens with a 'down the rabbit hole you go' short story - haunting. This kick-off story alone makes the book worth the buy.
    With an engaging premise (see book title) both Edmund Schluessel and Mikko Rauhala explore the paradoxes and possibilities such a reality brings. Funny, thoughtful, haunting - there is much that is delivered in this well written, compact group of short stories.
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  • D. J. Rout
    4.0 out of 5 stars The Logical Idea
    Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2020
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    It is rare these days to see a novel idea logically developed to a great extent, but in this book Edmund Schluessel and Mikko Rauhala get the job done. The idea is that Manhattan decides to increase its living space by making an infinite series of alternative Manhattans appear on top of the original. Thus, buildings extend upwards to infinity. The reader’s suspension of disbelief comes in here, as an infinitely high cityscape would cut a swathe through the atmosphere and, at some point, the top layers would stick out of the atmosphere and thus become unliveable. Within the framework set up, though, the ideas are explored with diligence and logic.
    It owes something to Hugo-winners “Folding Beijing” and The City and the City, but the effects of ‘the Deepening’ as it’s called are worked out in detail. The stories are linked by the gradual destruction of one iteration of Manhattan, and this reminded me of J G Ballard’s Kingdom Come, but the final story is uplifting and optimistic. The story also borrows, from Larry Niven’s “All The Myriad Ways” that each person has an infinite number of copies of themselves from alternate timelines and that these alternates are equally real. So, the reader might be following one person or the various stories of their alternate selves.
    Fortunately for the reader, both Schluessel and Rauhala have the discipline of science acquired rom their non-writing lives to back up their writing, so the alternates are never confusing. My personal favourite of the stories is “Famous Original Ray’s”.
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  • Matt Colver
    4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting high-concept science fiction stories
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 7, 2021
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    Really interesting and engaging science fiction stories, based on the central idea of a shared reality with multiple versions of the same person interacting and living in a massive never-ending city (the 'infinite metropolis').
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