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Title Statement | Future history 2050 / written by Thomas Harding ; graphics by Florian Toperngpong. |
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Alternative Title(s) | Future history twenty fifty Future history two thousand fifty |
Author | Harding, Thomas, 1968- |
Additional Contributors | Toperngpong, Florian |
Publication | Toronto ;: Berkeley: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press,2022. |
Extent of Item | 197 pages |
ISBN | 9781773068039 1773068032 |
Other Number | 4307417 |
General Notes | Previously published as German translation: Berlin: Verlagshaus Jacoby & Stuart GmbH, 2020. |
Summary | "This future history of the next thirty years, imagined by bestselling author Thomas Harding, is surprising, compelling and disturbingly believable. In 2020, a researcher is shocked to find a set of notebooks detailing the history of the next thirty years. Is this a hoax? Or could it be real? The notebooks, written in the year 2050, contain interview transcripts between teenage Billy and Gran Nancy. We learn about the great climate SHOCK, when global temperatures rise much faster than anticipated, resulting in catastrophic consequences for humanity. We learn about a shift away from democracy, toward unelected "ethnarchs" -- heads of corporations who use their access to our personal data to competently run the world. We learn about the giant city towers where most people live, work and play inside -- where it's safe from natural disasters and viral outbreaks. And between these interviews, we learn more about Billy, whose interest in the history that has been erased from the official record is causing trouble in 2050. Is it too late to change the past to save the future?"--From publisher. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Time travel--Fiction |
Climatic changes--Fiction | |
By Genre | Science fiction |