Easing back into the folds of a shabby, yet comfortable living room sofa, I opened Annalee Newitz's new book and turned to page one, ready for a speculative treat. The introduction of Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction is bluntly titled: "Are we all going to die?" Reading the question stoked my macabre excitement. Death, destruction, and devastation, this book was going to feed my masochism on a world scale. However, I was pleasantly surprised to discover an equally fulfilling thread woven throughout the pages: hope.
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