Writing the Future: Essays on Crafting Science Fiction

Science fiction was a defining genre of the postwar era, and its current boom across books, film and TV shows no sign of slowing.

Space ships, time travel, aliens and artificial intelligence continue to obsess us, and dreams of the apocalypse haunt our own post-pandemic age.

But what is it that compels writers to imagine the future? 'Writing the Future' gathers some of the best contemporary writers of science fiction, speculative fiction, dystopia and eco-fiction to explain their craft and explore the many worlds upon which our imaginations might land.