Dystopian islands made of tech trash, a climate emergency zombie plague and the end of the internet: Adam Roberts on the most brilliant SF and fantasy of the year
Today’s science fiction, the cliche runs, is tomorrow’s science fact. Considering how SF tends towards the pessimistic, from cyberpunk’s urban cynicism in the 80s to today’s glut of post-apocalyptic dystopias, that’s a worrying thought. Still, we can’t ignore geopolitics, or the planet’s climate emergency. SF is the literature most attuned to contemporaneity’s harsh music and so remains the best predictor of our collective future.
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