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The Shape of Shit to Come

by Alan McArthur

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A comic inventory of the strange futures already being planned

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A comic inventory of the strange futures already being planned

Alan McArthur’s book turns its attention from imagined science-fiction futures to technological and scientific projects presented as already emerging. Sex robots, space hotels, home gene-splicing kits, and ambitions toward genetically enhanced cyborg immortality form the material for a humorous survey of where such developments might lead. The central concern is not simply novelty: it asks who gets to shape these changes, and whether leaving the conversation to specialist enthusiasts risks narrowing public involvement in questions about humanity’s future. Its satirical framing keeps the focus on the gap between grand promises of progress and the absurdity of some real-world futurist visions.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers who enjoy satirical commentary on technology and futurism
  • Fans of humorous books about science-fiction ideas entering everyday discussion
  • Adults interested in debates around genetic enhancement, robotics, and space travel

Themes

FuturismTechnologyGenetic enhancementRoboticsSatire

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Book overview

We've seen the future. And it's shit.

From the authors of the mega-selling Is It Just Me or Is Everything Shit?

Once, we were promised a sci-fi future that never arrived. But what if it really is on its way now?

The Shape of Shit to Come takes a funny tour of the future taking shape before our eyes - a future of sex robots, hotels in space, kids making their own pets with gene-splicing kits and people planning, for real, how they can turn themselves into hyper-intelligent genetically enriched cyborg immortals of the future.

Because these things are happening. As of yet only the geeks are talking about this stuff. But is that wise? Shouldn't we all be getting with the programme? Otherwise we're leaving the future of humanity in the hands of people who ride scooters indoors.

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