The Atopia Chronicles, Matthew Mather
The Atopia Chronicles, Matthew Mather
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The Atopia Chronicles

Author: Matthew Mather

Series: Atopia #1

Narrator: Luke Daniels, Angela Dawe, Tanya Eby, Amy McFadden, Mikael Naramore, Nick Podehl

Unabridged: 11 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 01/07/2014

Synopsis

What could be worse than letting billions die?In the near future, to escape the crush and clutter of a packed and polluted Earth, the world’s elite flock to Atopia, an enormous corporate-owned artificial island in the Pacific Ocean. It is there that Dr. Patricia Killiam rushes to perfect the ultimate in virtual reality: a program to save the ravaged Earth from mankind’s insatiable appetite for natural resources.The Atopia Chronicles (Book 1 of the Atopia series) is the tale of mankind’s dark slide across the apocalypse as humans and machines merge in a world teetering on the brink of ecological ruin.

About Matthew Mather

After earning a degree in electrical engineering, Matthew Mather started his professional career at the McGill Center for Intelligent Machines. He went on to found one of the world's first tactile feedback companies, which became the world leader in its field, as well as create an award-winning brain training video game. In between, he's worked on a variety of start-ups, everything from computational nanotechnology to electronic health records, weather prediction systems to genomics, and even social intelligence research. In 2009, he began a different journey, returning to the original inspiration for his technology career—all the long nights spent as a child and teenager reading the great masters of science fiction. He decided to write a scifi novel of his own, and the result was The Atopia Chronicles. He divides his time between Montreal, Canada, and Charlotte, NC.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Robert on November 06, 2012

Preface: I swear on my mother's iPad that I did not read any of the reviews or quotes at Amazon.com before writing this review, so help me Bezos. Much has been written of how man and machine will interact in the future; whether it's Gibson's "Neuromancer", Stephenson's "Snow Crash", or any of a numbe......more

Goodreads review by Lukas on August 30, 2016

I'm kind of conflicted about this book. It could have gotten 5/5, but...I just couldn't do it. Here's why. The first two thirds of the book were awesome. The thoughts behind the stories were breathtaking. I have read some sci-fi about virtual realities before, but....this took it way further. And it......more

Goodreads review by donna on March 02, 2019

The Complete Atopia Chronicles were bomb #3 (of 3) in my three-month Kindle Unlimited experiment. I have got to find a winner here, because this losing streak is killing me! The world building is interesting, as we learn about a future world where man and machine are intermingled with interfaces that......more

Goodreads review by Niels on September 28, 2012

Matthew Mather; The Complete Atopia Chronicles Review "Atopia" is what you would get if you could mix your own personal Garden of Eden, with addiction, escapism, schizophrenia, and the Matrix. The concept of the world is masterful in its creation, and is maybe the most unlimited series in its potenti......more

Goodreads review by Dan on August 16, 2012

I loved these stories. There is so much greatness in these. Although the story itself was amazing, there were two technical issues that frustrated my experience: 1) The copy editing could have been better. The number of extraneous words / missing words felt high to me--enough to be noticeable and dis......more

Quotes

“A great start...in just a few pages (Mather) introduces you to believable future and a character I immediately identified with.” —Jason Weisberg, Editor of BoingBoing“The futurism of William Gibson...dark images of Phillip K. Dick.” —J. Johnson, Amazon Vine Voice“Will grip you in its wordy talons. If this book doesn’t make you want to bury your smart phone and live amongst the Amish, nothing will.” —Redfern Barrett, SCI-FI Methods Book Review“Echos of Gibson and Stephenson...the Matrix meets Ready Player One meets Apple Computer...” —Daniel Leithhauser, Amazon Vine Voice

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