Mark O’Connell

Mark O’Connell’s latest book, A Thread of Violence: A Story of Truth, Invention, and Murder, will be published in June. (April 2023)

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Hastening the End

Adam Kirsch’s Revolt Against Humanity is a survey of transhumanist thought, a diverse field united by cosmic pessimism.

The Revolt Against Humanity: Imagining a Future Without Us

by Adam Kirsch

April 20, 2023 issue

Total Recall

Jennifer Egan and Vauhini Vara's new novels both delineate worlds just slightly out of true with the one we know.

The Immortal King Rao

by Vauhini Vara

The Candy House

by Jennifer Egan

November 24, 2022 issue

Uncanny Planet

A new collection of essays by Nathaniel Rich argues that there is no going back to whatever might be meant by "nature."

Second Nature: Scenes from a World Remade

by Nathaniel Rich

July 22, 2021 issue

Old Midlands Giants

The comedian Stewart Lee’s documentary King Rocker is about a musician who seems impossible to mythologize.

King Rocker

a documentary film directed by Michael Cumming and written by Stewart Lee

April 8, 2021 issue

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