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Existential Sci-Fi, A Repair Manual for the Climate Crisis, EC Comics Resurrected

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Existential Sci-Fi, A Repair Manual for the Climate Crisis, EC Comics Resurrected

New releases in fiction, non-fiction and comics that caught our attention.

The cover of Anton Hur's book Toward Eternity, showing surreal plants with a planet depicted in the backgroundThe cover of Anton Hur's book Toward Eternity, showing surreal plants with a planet depicted in the background

Towards eternity Anton Hur’s novel wastes no time in getting to the drama. It begins in the near future and opens with a moment of crisis: a patient at a nanotherapy research clinic seemingly vanishes into thin air. The patient was undergoing a new type of treatment that uses android cells (nicknamed “nanites”) to cure cancer by replacing the body’s own cells. In doing so, it transforms the entire body into a nanodroid, giving rise to “nano-humans” who are no longer subject to mortality.

The story jumps through time and 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 book, I didn’t want to put it down.

The cover of the book Into the Clear Blue Sky which shows thick blue clouds above a red and purple landscape that appears to be on fireThe cover of the book Into the Clear Blue Sky which shows thick blue clouds above a red and purple landscape that appears to be on fire

It can be hard not to get caught up in the gloom of climate change, especially amid reports of Earth’s hottest years on record and ever-rising fossil fuel emissions. Stanford climate scientist Rob Jackson’s new book Towards Clear Blue Skies: The Path to Restoring Our Atmosphere aims to foster a more optimistic vision by drawing attention to the courses of action that could lead us towards a better future for our planet and its inhabitants.

“I think of my book as a home repair manual for the planet,” Jackson said in a recent interview published by the scientific journal Central Scientific Center of the ACS“This film highlights the people and ideas needed to solve the climate crisis. Above all, I want to give people hope and a sense of optimism. Yes, climate change is already a disaster, but we can still solve this problem.”

A cover for the first issue of the horror comic Epitaphs from the Abyss, showing a person hiding under a bed as creatures holding a chainsaw and an axe walk past.A cover for the first issue of the horror comic Epitaphs from the Abyss, showing a person hiding under a bed as creatures holding a chainsaw and an axe walk past.

Legendary comic book publisher EC Comics, who brought us series like Tales from the Crypt And Weird science over 70 years ago, is making a comeback with its first new series in decades: Epitaphs of the AbyssThe first issue of the horror series was released in late July and features four stories, introduced by a macabre narrator nicknamed The Grave-Digger.

Epitaphs of the Abyss Issue #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 these old EC Comics that strikes you differently, and Epitaphs faithfully slips into this atmosphere to offer new scary stories that have a classic touch.

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