Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley This funny sci-fi tale sparkles with Pratchett-esque brilliance. A Home Office department, with a …
The Times of Malthus
The prequel to 2089 is finally here… published on 20th April 2023. Here’s what you need to know: 2020s life …
The Last Day – 2089’s Inverse
As a long time lover of Private Eye and QI, it came a bit out of left field to hear …
The Mind’s Eye
This novel is the sequel to 2089. Here’s the full blurb: Everything anyone sees and hears is recorded and available …
2089
2nd edition published 1st November 2020! The year is 2089, and technologists have developed a system for remotely tapping …
The Disappeared
Book review Amy Lord’s debut strikes a grey chord envisaging a possible future London, nay, an alternate, current London, governed …
Is it possible to bug someone’s brain?
In the novel 2089, the Orwellian features of the surveillance society are made possible by bugging the brain of everyone …
The future of smartphones?
A few years ago, I toured a factory in Darlington in the north of England, where they are developing mini …
What are people doing about what’s wrong with the world?
Clearly, from these Blog of the Future posts, it would seem that nobody is doing anything terribly successful to reverse, …
What is wrong with the world?
Well, where do I start?! Are we ‘going to Hell in a handcart’? In the last edition of this blog …