Existential sci-fi, climate change manual, EC Comics resurrected

New releases of fiction, non-fiction and comics have caught our attention.

Towards Forever by Anton Hur

Towards Forever he doesn’t waste time going to the game. Anton Hur’s novel begins in the not-so-distant future, and opens with a moment of crisis: a patient at a nanotherapy research clinic has appeared to vanish into thin air. This patient was receiving a new type of treatment that uses android cells (called “nanites”) to treat cancer by changing the body’s own cells. In doing so, however, it completely transforms the body into a nanodroid, resulting in “nano people” who no longer face death.

The story moves through time and from different perspectives, exploring what it means “to be human in a world where technology is rapidly catching up with biology.” From the second I started reading this one, I didn’t want to put it down.

Into a Clear Blue Sky: How to Restore Our Universe by Rob Jackson

It can be hard not to get swept up in the doom and gloom of climate change, especially between reports marking the world’s hottest year on record and rising carbon emissions from fossil fuels. A new book by Stanford climate scientist Rob Jackson Into a Clear Blue Sky: How to Restore Our Universe aims to promote a more optimistic outlook by drawing attention to courses of action that can lead to a better future for our planet and its inhabitants.

“I see my book as a home improvement book for the planet,” Jackson said in a recent interview published in the journal Science. ACS Central Science. “It highlights the people and ideas needed to solve the climate crisis. I want above all to give people hope, a sense of hope. Yes, climate change is bad, but we can still fix this problem.”

Epitaphs from the Abyss #1

Popular comic book publisher EC Comics, who brought us the same series Tales from the Crypt again Weird Science more than 70 years on, it returns with its first new series in decades: Epitaphs from the Abyss. The first issue of the horror series was released at the end of July and includes four tales – presented by a silly narrator called the Grave-Digger.

Epitaphs from the Abyss #1 features stories by Brian Azzarello, J. Holtham, Stephanie Phillips and Chris Condon, with art by Lee Bermejo, Phil Hester, Peter Krause and Jorge Fornés. There’s something about those old EC Comics that just hits different, too Epitaphs honestly goes back to that vibe to deliver new horror stories with a classic feel.

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