New releases in fiction, nonfiction, and comics that caught our eye.
Towards eternity by Anton Hur
![The cover of Anton Hur's book Toward Eternity, depicting surreal plants with a planet depicted in the background.](https://technicalterrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Existentialist-science-fiction-a-repair-manual-for-the-climate-crisis.jpeg)
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The story jumps through time and different perspectives, exploring what it means to be “human in a world where technology is rapidly catching up with biology.” From the moment I started reading this book, I didn’t want to put it down.
Towards clear blue skies: the path to restoring our atmosphere By Rob Jackson
It can be hard not to get carried away by the pessimism and despair of climate change, especially amid reports that The hottest years on record on Earth and Emissions continue to rise fossil fuels. Stanford climate scientist Rob Jackson's new book amazon;elmt:;cpos:4;pos:1″ href=”https://shopping.yahoo.com/rdlw?merchantId=66ea567a-c987-4c2e-a2ff-02904efde6ea&siteId=us-engadget&pageId=1p-autolink&featureId=text-link&merchantName=amazon&custData=eyJzb3VyY2VOYW1lIjoiV2ViLURlc2t0b3AtVmVyaXpvbiIsImxhbmRpbmdVcmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL0ludG8tQ2xlYXItQmx1ZS1Ta3ktQXRtb3NwaGVyZS9kcC8xNjY4MDIzMjYxP3RhZz1nZGd0MGMtcC12LTE0My0yMCIsImNvbnRlbnRVdWlkIjoiYmNkMzVjMzQtODlkYy00MmNiLWE1MTctMDY2YzI4OTY3YmZhIn0&signature=AQAAAbZ1Um3v13AcyHaWLCS-LHjv-Iw-inDhdIwuVIW-XhgT&gcReferrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FInto-Clear-Blue-Sky-Atmosphere%2Fdp%2F1668023261″ class=”link rapid-with-clickid etailiffa-link” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:Into the Clear Blue Sky: The Path to Restoring Our Atmosphere;elm:affiliate_link;sellerN:amazon;elmt:;cpos:4;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>Towards clear blue skies: the path to restoring our atmosphere aims to foster a more optimistic outlook by drawing attention to courses of action that could lead to a better future for our planet and its inhabitants.
“I think of my book as a home repair manual for the planet,” Jackson said in a recent interview published by the scientific journal ACS Science Center“It highlights the people and ideas needed to solve the climate crisis. What I want most is to give people hope, a sense of optimism. Yes, climate change is already bad, but we can still fix this problem.”
Epitaphs from the abyss #1
![A cover of the first issue of the horror comic Epitaphs from the Abyss, showing a person hiding under a bed as creatures holding a chainsaw and an axe walk by.](https://technicalterrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1722712415_130_Existentialist-science-fiction-a-repair-manual-for-the-climate-crisis.jpeg)
![A cover of the first issue of the horror comic Epitaphs from the Abyss, showing a person hiding under a bed as creatures holding a chainsaw and an axe walk by.](https://technicalterrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1722712415_130_Existentialist-science-fiction-a-repair-manual-for-the-climate-crisis.jpeg)
Legendary comic book publisher EC Comics, which brought us series like Tales from the Crypt and Weird science More than 70 years ago, it returns with its first new series in decades: Epitaphs from the abyssThe first issue of the horror series was published in late July and features four short stories, which are introduced by a macabre narrator nicknamed The Gravedigger.
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