A review by gossamer_lens
A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay by Octavia E. Butler

hopeful reflective sad

4.5

This was a very good essay about the predictive elements of science fiction and the real-world reality of change and the future being inherently unpredictable. I appreciated how poinent it is for our time while also being inherently hopeful. I struggle to hold hopeful predictions of the future and it is nice to hear a voice who makes such dire works of art speak on the hope they have for the future. I also appreciated the accompanying art that makes it a solid coffee table book that any guest of my home could dive into and read in one sitting.