The Terraformers

From science fiction visionary Annalee Newitz comes The Terraformers, a sweeping, uplifting, and illuminating exploration of the future.

Destry's life is dedicated to terraforming Sask-E. As part of the Environmental Rescue Team, she cares for the planet and its burgeoning eco-systems as her parents and their parents did before her.

But the bright, clean future they're building comes under threat when Destry discovers a city full of people that shouldn’t exist, hidden inside a massive volcano.

As she uncovers more about their past, Destry begins to question …

From science fiction visionary Annalee Newitz comes The Terraformers, a sweeping, uplifting, and illuminating exploration of the future.

Destry's life is dedicated to terraforming Sask-E. As part of the Environmental Rescue Team, she cares for the planet and its burgeoning eco-systems as her parents and their parents did before her.

But the bright, clean future they're building comes under threat when Destry discovers a city full of people that shouldn’t exist, hidden inside a massive volcano.

As she uncovers more about their past, Destry begins to question the mission she's devoted her life to, and must make a choice that will reverberate through Sask-E's future for generations to come.

A science fiction epic for our times and a love letter to our future, The Terraformers will take you on a journey spanning thousands of years and exploring the triumphs, strife, and hope that find us wherever we make our home.

"Brilliantly thoughtful, prescient, and gripping.”—Martha Wells, author of The Murderbot Diaries

4 editions

Paperback, 368 pages

en-Latn-US language

Published Jan. 1, 2023 by Orbit.

ISBN:: 978-0-356-52086-5
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Dav Ito (they/them) reviewed The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz

If you're looking for a book that divests you from reality, don't read this book

5 stars

Newitz paints a world that is simultaneously deliciously and painfully woke. I started reading this book hoping for some light science fiction entertainment, and I was fantastically disappointed.

This book is not another example of how prophetic science fiction is, because so many of the issues are already happening. Now.

From corporate indentured servitude to gender as a spectrum to consent in kink... this book has got it.

If you're looking for a light read that won't suck you in and drown you in the pages, then you should probably look elsewhere.