"A new technology of super-fast pods revolutionises travel: launched into low orbit from spring-loaded podiums, they fly west and land again in minutes, regardless of distance. Since every action has an equal and opposite reaction, our globe starts to spin faster. Days contract, first by seconds, then minutes, and eventually hours. It's a gonzo conceit, and Foster spells out the consequences, his richly rendered characters caught up in their own lives as the world spirals out of control."
"Its near-future narrative of collapse and recovery takes us from the rewilding of Chornobyl and the return of wolves to Europe, through setback and challenge, to 2070, a story by turns tragic, alarming, uplifting, poetic and ultimately hopeful. Swift's accomplished prose and vivid characterisation connect large questions of the planet's destiny with human intimacy and experience, and she avoids either a too-easy doomsterism or a facile techno-optimism."
One novel imagines super-fast pods launched into low orbit that accelerate Earth's rotation, shortening days, disrupting circadian rhythms, and bulging oceans at the equator while characters live through escalating consequences. Another traces near-future collapse and recovery from the rewilding of Chornobyl and the return of wolves to Europe through setbacks and resilience up to 2070, blending tragedy and hope and linking planetary questions with intimate human experience. A debut introduces humans with robotic body parts and robots with human consciousness in a unified Korea, combining technological embodiment with social and personal stakes.
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