This appears to be getting a good reception—for a book billed as technothriller to be reviewed positively at Teh Graun, by no less a discerning gourmand than Adam Roberts, is quite the badge of distinction. But the institution has been meaning to get to MacDonald’s other writings for some time, which has prompted the department to take this opportunity to break the seal, so to speak.

A gift from the editors/publishers, this boldly designed book is destined for the institutional vanity shelf. It contains, among numerous works of greater distinction, the institution’s recent essay upon a narratological framing theory for futures work, serialised here earlier this month.