New releases in fiction, nonfiction, and comics that have piqued our interest include W. W. Norton & Company’s Richard Powers’ novel Playground, which explores the contrasts between the vast unknown of Earth’s oceans and technological advancement, through the perspectives of four characters brought together on a remote island in the South Pacific. Bloomsbury Sigma’s The Long History of the Future by Nicole Kobie delves into the failed promises of futuristic technologies and the ambitious innovators behind them, offering a witty analysis and rich anecdotes. Pantheon presents Charles Burns’ Dédales — Final Cut, a surreal and unsettling graphic novel following a group of friends making a sci-fi horror movie with dark and disturbing consequences. These new releases promise to leave readers with much to think about and are available for purchase on Amazon.
