New releases in fiction, nonfiction and comics that caught our attention.<\/em><\/p>\n Toward Eternity<\/em><\/a> does not waste any time in getting to the drama. The novel by Anton Hur begins in the not-so-far-off future, and opens with a moment of crisis: a patient in a nanotherapy research clinic has seemingly vanished into thin air. This patient had been undergoing a new type of treatment that uses android cells (dubbed \u201cnanites\u201d) to cure cancer by replacing the body\u2019s own cells. In doing so, however, it transforms the body entirely into a nanodroid, giving rise to \u201cnano humans\u201d that are no longer subjected to mortality.<\/p>\n The story jumps through time and different perspectives, exploring what it means \u201cto be human in a world where technology is quickly catching up to biology.\u201d From the second I started reading this one, I did not want to put it down.<\/p>\n It can be hard not to get swept up in the doom and gloom of climate change, especially amid reports marking Earth\u2019s hottest years on record<\/a> and still-rising emissions<\/a> from fossil fuels. Stanford climate scientist Rob Jackson\u2019s new book Into the Clear Blue Sky: The Path to Restoring Our Atmosphere<\/em><\/a> aims to foster a more optimistic outlook by calling attention to the courses of action that could lead us to a better future for our planet and its inhabitants.<\/p>\n \u201cI view my book as a home repair manual for the planet,\u201d Jackson said in a recent interview published by the scientific journal ACS Central Science<\/em><\/a>. \u201cIt highlights the people and the ideas needed to solve the climate crisis. I want most of all to give people hope, a sense of optimism. Yes, climate change is already bad, but we can still fix this problem.\u201d<\/p>\n Legendary comic book publisher EC Comics, which brought us series like Tales from the Crypt<\/em> and Weird Science <\/em>more than 70 years ago, is making a comeback with its first new series in decades: Epitaphs from the Abyss<\/em>. The first issue of the horror series was released at the end of July and features four tales \u2014 which are introduced by a ghoulish narrator dubbed The Grave-Digger.<\/p>\nToward Eternity<\/em> by Anton Hur<\/h2>\n
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Into the Clear Blue Sky: The Path to Restoring Our Atmosphere <\/em>by Rob Jackson<\/h2>\n
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Epitaphs from the Abyss #1<\/em><\/h2>\n
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