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The Future Library
More than a hundred years from now, an arborist fighting to save the last remaining forest on Earth discovers a secret about the trees—one that changes not only her life, but also the fate of our world.Inspired by the real-life “Future Library,” a long-term environmental and literary public art project currently underway in the Norwegian wilderness.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
32 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 18, 2021
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Peng Shepherd
10 books3,592 followersPeng Shepherd is the nationally bestselling, award-winning author of All This and More, The Cartographers, and The Book of M.
Her novels have been acclaimed as a “Best Book of the Year” by the Washington Post, a “Best Book of the Summer” by the Today Show and NPR, and featured in the New York Times, the LA Times, and on Good Morning America, as well as a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize. Her work also has been translated into more than ten languages, and optioned for TV and film.
A graduate of New York University’s MFA program, Peng is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship. She was born in Phoenix, Arizona, where she rode horses and trained in classical ballet, and has lived in Beijing, Kuala Lumpur, London, Mexico City, and New York. When not writing, she can be found planning her next trip or haunting local bookstores.
Her novels have been acclaimed as a “Best Book of the Year” by the Washington Post, a “Best Book of the Summer” by the Today Show and NPR, and featured in the New York Times, the LA Times, and on Good Morning America, as well as a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize. Her work also has been translated into more than ten languages, and optioned for TV and film.
A graduate of New York University’s MFA program, Peng is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship. She was born in Phoenix, Arizona, where she rode horses and trained in classical ballet, and has lived in Beijing, Kuala Lumpur, London, Mexico City, and New York. When not writing, she can be found planning her next trip or haunting local bookstores.
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August 23, 2021
Sometimes I can’t believe how quickly it went, and sometimes I can’t believe I was ever allowed to have been so happy for so long.
okay, wow.
so, for a few weeks now i have been obsessively clicking on the ‘upcoming' tab on tor's short fiction page, and nothing has been listed, so when a new story appeared unexpectedly, it was a complete surprise. it was an even bigger and better surprise that it was a story by peng shepherd, and i actually said "NO WAY" very loudly when i saw it.
i LOVED The Book of M, and her second book, The Cartographers, has been delayed by a whole dang year, so this was a real treat.
this is the first time i have not been dismayed to discover that the weekly tor short was actually a tor long. if anything, it wasn't long enough.
it contains everything i loved about The Book of M: the melancholic tone of a world in decline, the tenacity of the human spirit finding a way to connect and adapt despite life-altering events, and the enduring tendrils of individual legacy; what part of ourselves lives on in those we loved and what we have contributed to the greater realm of humanity.
it is an absolutely beautiful, tremendously moving, meaningful, wonder-ful story.
please give it all the awards.
it doesn’t quite make up for the yearlong delay of her second book, but it’s a start.
she can shepherd me anywhere.
read it for yourself here:
https://www.tor.com/2021/08/18/the-fu...
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November 7, 2021
I'm pretty much in the: if Peng Shepherd writes it, I need to read it category so when I came upon this, I was all in. She again unfurls the magical realism here and I love the way she does it. This is a wonderful short story that tapped into all the feels. A story about cherished love and preservation of that and the natural world. A good bit of human folly is on display too ("in order to save it, we have to kill it all!").
If you have an inner Lorax, bring your tissues and read it. Additionally, if you haven't yet, maybe check out The Book of M .
Recommended.
If you have an inner Lorax, bring your tissues and read it. Additionally, if you haven't yet, maybe check out The Book of M .
Recommended.
September 29, 2022
WOW.
This was beautiful. Incredibly beautiful.
You can read it here.
This was beautiful. Incredibly beautiful.
You can read it here.
September 9, 2024
3.25/5
"Love is not something that happens to a person, but something a person does for another person, every day, every moment. A labor, not a feeling. These rings were a record of my deeds."
April 17, 2022
I always feel strange when I stumble across an author which I know next to nothing about and really enjoy their work only to find out that I am late to the show and everyone has been going mad for their work for some time - yet thats me.
So here I am with the first of Peng Shepperd's work and I thoroughly enjoyed it. A melancholic tale of loss amid a slow ecological decline.
This was a Tor original and as such is just a small taster of her work but is still incredibly powerful and poignant considering the roots of the story (sorry every pun intended) are set it our very own time and although there were some references where felt a little too heavy (such as references to the latest viral outbreaks) the story had the right feel of someone's future memoirs.
Sometimes stories like this try and deliver a moral tale - not this one this is more personal and although has a bigger story to tell it was written as if from a personal perspective which I felt made it all the more striking. I will certainly be keeping an our for other words from this author.
So here I am with the first of Peng Shepperd's work and I thoroughly enjoyed it. A melancholic tale of loss amid a slow ecological decline.
This was a Tor original and as such is just a small taster of her work but is still incredibly powerful and poignant considering the roots of the story (sorry every pun intended) are set it our very own time and although there were some references where felt a little too heavy (such as references to the latest viral outbreaks) the story had the right feel of someone's future memoirs.
Sometimes stories like this try and deliver a moral tale - not this one this is more personal and although has a bigger story to tell it was written as if from a personal perspective which I felt made it all the more striking. I will certainly be keeping an our for other words from this author.
July 3, 2022
Really dystopian (really really dystopian) novella on trees and nature and human nature, and eventually books.
I did not *enjoy* it much, because dystopia is not my thing and personal trigger, I hate reading about trees being cut or forest fires and in this universe that happened all trees in the world except a few thousand. So this was an uncomfortable read, but that was also OK because it is meant to be uncomfortable (achieves that!) and the author does something really interesting with it.
I liked a lot, for lack of a better word, the texture of literary references and story telling, where the story goes and I will look for more fiction of hers.
A couple random notes, I like her characterization. The story is marked sf, but IMO (and I am weird about this, I know) it is not really science fiction, because there is no concern with the mechanism of plot things (also, and I am super weird about this, I am not totally convinced by numbers and such of this dystopia), it is instead fantasy, or magical realism, in a science fiction costume. That is OK, because I also like fantasy particularly when it is a tool to write about humans and choices and such.
Available for free on the Tor website.
Recommended by Mady (noted down because the goodreads option apparently is going to get removed in a while).
I did not *enjoy* it much, because dystopia is not my thing and personal trigger, I hate reading about trees being cut or forest fires and in this universe that happened all trees in the world except a few thousand. So this was an uncomfortable read, but that was also OK because it is meant to be uncomfortable (achieves that!) and the author does something really interesting with it.
I liked a lot, for lack of a better word, the texture of literary references and story telling, where the story goes and I will look for more fiction of hers.
A couple random notes, I like her characterization. The story is marked sf, but IMO (and I am weird about this, I know) it is not really science fiction, because there is no concern with the mechanism of plot things (also, and I am super weird about this, I am not totally convinced by numbers and such of this dystopia), it is instead fantasy, or magical realism, in a science fiction costume. That is OK, because I also like fantasy particularly when it is a tool to write about humans and choices and such.
Available for free on the Tor website.
Recommended by Mady (noted down because the goodreads option apparently is going to get removed in a while).
May 31, 2022
The Future Library by Peng Shepherd - 4/5★
Another superb cover! I also enjoyed the story and the writing a lot.
The short story is found in Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2021 Edition and can also be read on Tor.com.
Another superb cover! I also enjoyed the story and the writing a lot.
The short story is found in Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2021 Edition and can also be read on Tor.com.
August 23, 2021
. . . the trees are trying to tell us something, about Earth.
What if the trees didn't need the Lorax to speak for them?
We are not writing them.
The trees are.
A truly beautiful story about endings, and warnings, and man's tendency to be too damned pig-headed, and not being able to see the forest for the trees, AND . . . books.
“All things must grow, and then die, so that new things can grow. No tree can live forever, just as no person can,” I told her, taking her hand.
“But a book could, my love,” she whispered desperately.
What if the trees didn't need the Lorax to speak for them?
We are not writing them.
The trees are.
A truly beautiful story about endings, and warnings, and man's tendency to be too damned pig-headed, and not being able to see the forest for the trees, AND . . . books.
“All things must grow, and then die, so that new things can grow. No tree can live forever, just as no person can,” I told her, taking her hand.
“But a book could, my love,” she whispered desperately.
January 15, 2022
WOW, this was incredibly powerful and moving.
The author brought together all that which I love so dearly - books, words, stories and trees - into a most unexpected and impactful short story that hit me right in the feels. The reason why the title caught my eye was the word "library". I think everyone needs to read this, and now I'm very intrigued with the real Future Library.
The short story is available to be read for free here.
The author brought together all that which I love so dearly - books, words, stories and trees - into a most unexpected and impactful short story that hit me right in the feels. The reason why the title caught my eye was the word "library". I think everyone needs to read this, and now I'm very intrigued with the real Future Library.
The short story is available to be read for free here.
April 13, 2022
Didn't hate it, didn't love it though. The story is dark but hopeful at the same time, with a sweet relationship between the two women which is portrayed in the warmest colours.
The rest of the story is dystopian, but not that well explained and I wish there was a better world built and a smoother description of the criminal case in the last part.
The writing, on the other hand, was smooth and had interesting pacing and narration.
The rest of the story is dystopian, but not that well explained and I wish there was a better world built and a smoother description of the criminal case in the last part.
The writing, on the other hand, was smooth and had interesting pacing and narration.
December 23, 2022
Some people awaken under pressure. Others act simply by knowing a soul needs help. I loathe depressing stories, especially of a shitty government with no expertise on a matter, having the authority to destroy, with the excuse that it is cost effective or palatable to the public. May our world please stop electing creeps. “The Future Library” abased to a typical segment of arresting someone who knew a marvel was grossly underappreciated. The infuriating hopelessness of dystopia almost never achieves five stars from me. I think the premise of “The Book Of M” is too upsetting for my light-hearted taste.
What I do consider absolutely glorious elements for a story are trees, the sentient language and presence of plants, and a presentation that is original in any way. Trees, sentience, and originality abound herein. Peng Shepherd had to receive at least three stars, despite a horrible prospect of trees going extinct and idiots squandering those who are left. Seeing that she has a reputation for speculative fiction ensures that magic will lighten up bleakness.
Has anyone else observed that Canada and Norway are often equated for our ecological wholesomeness? I gave an appreciative nod that ours were the countries in which trees still grew in the 2100s. It is mindboggling however, that she imagined our vast lushness of forests to be gone in one human being’s lifetime.
A free story in 2021 of 32 pages, at the speculative magazine Tor.com, it emotionally projects the love story of tree caretaking women, as one of them nears death. They have an idea for preserving special words, to gain worldwide acclaim for the benefit of trees. In a similar vein and urgency as the film “Avatar”, they discover something amazing. Peng’s novel “The Cartographers” is a mystery quest that I would enjoy more.
What I do consider absolutely glorious elements for a story are trees, the sentient language and presence of plants, and a presentation that is original in any way. Trees, sentience, and originality abound herein. Peng Shepherd had to receive at least three stars, despite a horrible prospect of trees going extinct and idiots squandering those who are left. Seeing that she has a reputation for speculative fiction ensures that magic will lighten up bleakness.
Has anyone else observed that Canada and Norway are often equated for our ecological wholesomeness? I gave an appreciative nod that ours were the countries in which trees still grew in the 2100s. It is mindboggling however, that she imagined our vast lushness of forests to be gone in one human being’s lifetime.
A free story in 2021 of 32 pages, at the speculative magazine Tor.com, it emotionally projects the love story of tree caretaking women, as one of them nears death. They have an idea for preserving special words, to gain worldwide acclaim for the benefit of trees. In a similar vein and urgency as the film “Avatar”, they discover something amazing. Peng’s novel “The Cartographers” is a mystery quest that I would enjoy more.
January 31, 2022
Wow. That is the overwhelming feeling upon finishing this short story. And also some tears because it is moving and beautiful but also utterly heartbreaking. The author covers everything in these few pages - a future earth which is rapidly declining; the last surviving forest in the world; a person's love for her wife and their beautiful trees which they nurture like children; the words anyone chooses to leave behind and the ones who are compassionate enough to listen - this is a poignant story about love and loss and legacy in a world where humanity can't stop itself from destroying the earth.
September 19, 2021
Beautiful story
Another incredible heart wrenching story from Peng Shepherd. The Book of M was my favorite book the year it was released. I look forward to seeing what Peng writes next.
Another incredible heart wrenching story from Peng Shepherd. The Book of M was my favorite book the year it was released. I look forward to seeing what Peng writes next.
September 9, 2021
Trees are smarter than they look.
What if trees knew more about the world than we did? This is a delightful, but sombre story. Peng Shepherd paints a grim, but probably accurate picture of our near future. With her beautiful prose, reading this book is a wonderful way to spend an hour or two.
What if trees knew more about the world than we did? This is a delightful, but sombre story. Peng Shepherd paints a grim, but probably accurate picture of our near future. With her beautiful prose, reading this book is a wonderful way to spend an hour or two.
August 22, 2021
karen's review was so very enticing. If you aren't among her many followers you're missing out.
Available to read free online
Available to read free online
October 24, 2021
I needed this to either commit further to the fantastical and numinous, or be more plausible as science fiction; it split the difference in a way that kept it from working for me in either direction.
August 30, 2021
English
Beautiful, heartbreaking, and magical at the same time. Really excited to read more from this author.
Español
Hermoso, desgarrador y mágico al mismo tiempo. Estoy emocionada de leer más obras de este autor.
Beautiful, heartbreaking, and magical at the same time. Really excited to read more from this author.
Español
Hermoso, desgarrador y mágico al mismo tiempo. Estoy emocionada de leer más obras de este autor.
January 22, 2025
I'm so amazed at what the author accomplished in such a short story. It's an absolutely gut-wrenching and heart-touching story about Ingrid's desperate attempt to save the last forest on earth and expose the truth of The Future Library.
I think the scariest part is how close we as a society are to the society reflected in this book - this kind of a future where we continue to destroy ourselves and the only hope we have is not unimaginable.
I'd recommend just pick this book up, don't look into it too much because that's the beauty of it. How the author managed to pack in a plot twist or two and hit me so hard that I was in tears standing in a line in public has me amazed.
This is a masterpiece, in my eyes.
I think the scariest part is how close we as a society are to the society reflected in this book - this kind of a future where we continue to destroy ourselves and the only hope we have is not unimaginable.
I'd recommend just pick this book up, don't look into it too much because that's the beauty of it. How the author managed to pack in a plot twist or two and hit me so hard that I was in tears standing in a line in public has me amazed.
This is a masterpiece, in my eyes.
January 1, 2024
A sad and bitter story about the world's last forest and the words they leave behind. It's a stack reminder of what humans are doing to the world, and how complacent we are with nature and life.
March 19, 2023
I loved the concept but there was something off about the execution that failed to deliver the devastation described with enough gravitas.
May 30, 2022
A short story taking place in a nearby future where trees are scarce and some of the last standing ones are planned to be cut in order to allow books to be printed and published.
I really enjoyed the storytelling and looking forward to reading Peng Shepherd's novels soon!
This book is based on a real "The Future Library" project: https://www.futurelibrary.no/
I really enjoyed the storytelling and looking forward to reading Peng Shepherd's novels soon!
This book is based on a real "The Future Library" project: https://www.futurelibrary.no/
September 3, 2021
SPOILER ALERT - This review gives away a lot of the plot...but not too much.
Is this book a love story or dystopian science fiction? Who cares - it is an excellent, engaging, and tearjerking read.
As is so often the case, I do not remember where I heard about this book. Something inspired me to take a chance on this short novel by Peng Sheperd so I purchased a Kindle copy. I am really glad I did.
In The Future Library, Sheperd puts forth an interesting idea. She creates a non-profit organization that plants a thousand tree forest in Norway. The forest is then tended by professional arborists and the trees are allowed to grow and flourish for one hundred years. Meanwhile, one hundred writers of various genres, backgrounds, ethnicity, and locales are selected to write a special book for the project that will only be released after they have died. At the end of the one hundred years, one hundred trees will be chopped down and the pulp will be used to print the one hundred books created by the selected authors. Profits from the sales will go to maintaining the remaining nine hundred trees.
This project begins in 2014 when the effects of climate change are already having a deadly effect on plant life. By 2114, every other forest on Earth will have succumbed to pollution, climate change, and global warming. When it is time to cut down the one hundred trees to print the books, The Future Library forest will be the last remaining stand of trees on earth.
This book follows the lives of Claire, a writer who has inherited running The Future Library and Ingrid, an unemployed arborist. Claire knows nothing about growing trees and Ingrid does not enjoy reading. Naturally they fall in love and, together, see The Future Library through its last decades.
The book is narrated by Ingrid who starts the tale while in prison for “eco-terrorism”. Ingrid then takes us back to meeting Claire, learning about The Future Library, their love affair, and the nurturing of the forest and selections of authors and books. Then the politicians get involved.
I loved this book. I wept through reading it and then insisted that my wife sit and let me read it to her. She does not read science fiction but, after living with me for over fifty years she knows when something has touched my heart and is gracious enough to listen to the tale. If you have a significant other, I highly recommend you read this book aloud to them or to each other. It is a love story, it is a cautionary tale about the future, it is about the wonder of books, and, most of all, it is about the splendor and the majestic nature of trees.
Oh, I almost forgot - the book is based on an actual Future Library in Norway!
Is this book a love story or dystopian science fiction? Who cares - it is an excellent, engaging, and tearjerking read.
As is so often the case, I do not remember where I heard about this book. Something inspired me to take a chance on this short novel by Peng Sheperd so I purchased a Kindle copy. I am really glad I did.
In The Future Library, Sheperd puts forth an interesting idea. She creates a non-profit organization that plants a thousand tree forest in Norway. The forest is then tended by professional arborists and the trees are allowed to grow and flourish for one hundred years. Meanwhile, one hundred writers of various genres, backgrounds, ethnicity, and locales are selected to write a special book for the project that will only be released after they have died. At the end of the one hundred years, one hundred trees will be chopped down and the pulp will be used to print the one hundred books created by the selected authors. Profits from the sales will go to maintaining the remaining nine hundred trees.
This project begins in 2014 when the effects of climate change are already having a deadly effect on plant life. By 2114, every other forest on Earth will have succumbed to pollution, climate change, and global warming. When it is time to cut down the one hundred trees to print the books, The Future Library forest will be the last remaining stand of trees on earth.
This book follows the lives of Claire, a writer who has inherited running The Future Library and Ingrid, an unemployed arborist. Claire knows nothing about growing trees and Ingrid does not enjoy reading. Naturally they fall in love and, together, see The Future Library through its last decades.
The book is narrated by Ingrid who starts the tale while in prison for “eco-terrorism”. Ingrid then takes us back to meeting Claire, learning about The Future Library, their love affair, and the nurturing of the forest and selections of authors and books. Then the politicians get involved.
I loved this book. I wept through reading it and then insisted that my wife sit and let me read it to her. She does not read science fiction but, after living with me for over fifty years she knows when something has touched my heart and is gracious enough to listen to the tale. If you have a significant other, I highly recommend you read this book aloud to them or to each other. It is a love story, it is a cautionary tale about the future, it is about the wonder of books, and, most of all, it is about the splendor and the majestic nature of trees.
Oh, I almost forgot - the book is based on an actual Future Library in Norway!
September 20, 2022
The Future Library by Peng Shepherd
⭐️⭐️⭐️ (3*)
A short story inspired by the Future Library Project in Norway. The Project is fascinating and so is that short story. I found it a bit too short to get slowly to all the information and maybe to examine the idea and all the implications a bit further but the general idea is amazing and should be made into an actual novel. An easy and quick read with a nice idea and an (unfortunately) sad outlook into our future.
⭐️⭐️⭐️ (3*)
A short story inspired by the Future Library Project in Norway. The Project is fascinating and so is that short story. I found it a bit too short to get slowly to all the information and maybe to examine the idea and all the implications a bit further but the general idea is amazing and should be made into an actual novel. An easy and quick read with a nice idea and an (unfortunately) sad outlook into our future.
January 2, 2022
A short but powerful story for our time of climate collapse that meditates on the differing needs of a thriving Earthly habitat and humanity's focus on its invention of wealth.
June 10, 2022
The Future Library is a tender, soulful novelette that will touch your heart and stir your mind.
It tells the story of Ingrid, an arborist who lives on a future Earth where trees are almost gone. She falls in love, shares her passions, and discovers a secret that could change her world — a secret that could change the world for everyone.
Ingrid is likeable, relatable, and believable. She’ll make you laugh, cry, and everything in between. She’s sensitive, self aware, and alert to love. In a few short pages, I felt as though I’d lived a lifetime with her. Ingrid’s story is one that stayed with me long after I’d finished reading it.
The marvel of this book is in how it so brilliantly incites your feelings. Just like a tree that buries its roots below the surface, this book will reach down and draw up your emotions, and in the process, you’ll see it grow into something magical. It’ll root itself in your heart, and blossom in your imagination. The experience of reading it is truly remarkable.
There’s an intrigue about the way The Future Library is written which will draw you in right from page one. It’s impossible to fight it. This is one of those stories that you can’t stop reading until it’s done because you’re itching to know what’s coming next. The conclusion, and the secret of the book itself, are very satisfying, and they make all the build up and mystery feel worthwhile.
The Future Library is the perfect title, because in a lot of ways, the book mirrors the ‘library’ itself. On the surface, it’s sensational. But when you slice it open and peer inside, what you find is surprising, hopeful, prophetic, important, and emotive. Once you open it up, you won’t want to stop. It may only be short, but it’s definitely worthy of preservation. It’s an experiential, expertly crafted story that deserves pride of place in any library. I loved it.
It tells the story of Ingrid, an arborist who lives on a future Earth where trees are almost gone. She falls in love, shares her passions, and discovers a secret that could change her world — a secret that could change the world for everyone.
Ingrid is likeable, relatable, and believable. She’ll make you laugh, cry, and everything in between. She’s sensitive, self aware, and alert to love. In a few short pages, I felt as though I’d lived a lifetime with her. Ingrid’s story is one that stayed with me long after I’d finished reading it.
The marvel of this book is in how it so brilliantly incites your feelings. Just like a tree that buries its roots below the surface, this book will reach down and draw up your emotions, and in the process, you’ll see it grow into something magical. It’ll root itself in your heart, and blossom in your imagination. The experience of reading it is truly remarkable.
There’s an intrigue about the way The Future Library is written which will draw you in right from page one. It’s impossible to fight it. This is one of those stories that you can’t stop reading until it’s done because you’re itching to know what’s coming next. The conclusion, and the secret of the book itself, are very satisfying, and they make all the build up and mystery feel worthwhile.
The Future Library is the perfect title, because in a lot of ways, the book mirrors the ‘library’ itself. On the surface, it’s sensational. But when you slice it open and peer inside, what you find is surprising, hopeful, prophetic, important, and emotive. Once you open it up, you won’t want to stop. It may only be short, but it’s definitely worthy of preservation. It’s an experiential, expertly crafted story that deserves pride of place in any library. I loved it.
September 30, 2022
Cerita ni follow journey watak utamanya, Ingrid yang bekerja sebagai arbonist (saya baru tahu ada pekerjaan doktor pokok) dalam usaha mengekalkan satu-satunya hutan yang tinggal dalam dunia ini, bersama isteri dan sekumpulan pencinta alam dan buku di Norway. Usaha membina perpustakaan tu menarik. Sangat wow rasanya.
Latarnya adalah masa depan yang tak mustahil berlaku jika ketamakan pemimpin negara yang rakus menjarah hasil bumi seperti yang ditulis dalam buku Gila Balak: Menelusur Jejak-Jejak Mafia Kayu Balak Asia berterusan.
Sedih, tapi saya enjoy baca. Macam distopian, fantasi? Mungkin sedikit magis juga. World building mungkin boleh diperinci lagi, tapi tak mengganggu cerita. Boleh guna imaginasi sendiri untuk bayangkan betapa teruknya keadaan Bumi masa tu.
Terima kasih Nazr A yang rekemen buku ni.
Latarnya adalah masa depan yang tak mustahil berlaku jika ketamakan pemimpin negara yang rakus menjarah hasil bumi seperti yang ditulis dalam buku Gila Balak: Menelusur Jejak-Jejak Mafia Kayu Balak Asia berterusan.
Sedih, tapi saya enjoy baca. Macam distopian, fantasi? Mungkin sedikit magis juga. World building mungkin boleh diperinci lagi, tapi tak mengganggu cerita. Boleh guna imaginasi sendiri untuk bayangkan betapa teruknya keadaan Bumi masa tu.
Terima kasih Nazr A yang rekemen buku ni.
January 4, 2025
This is an indictment, a eulogy, and one hundred years of tree rings, love, destruction, and human folly condensed into remarkably few pages. I don't give things five stars. My eyes were full of tears at the end.
November 27, 2021
An interesting, quick environmental read.
December 14, 2021
A quick read, highly enjoyable for putting climate and environmental issues in way that deeply connects on an emotional level.
March 16, 2022
It's been a while since I read a short story, so to speak. This was lovely, heartbreaking, and a little terrifying because I can see something like this actually happening.
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