ANNALEE NEWITZ is an American journalist, editor, and author of fiction and nonfiction. They are the recipient of a Knight Science Journalism Fellowship from MIT, and have written for Popular Science, The New Yorker, and the Washington Post. They founded the science fiction website io9 and served as Editor-in-Chief from 2008-2015, and then became Editor-in-Chief at Gizmodo and Tech Culture Editor at Ars Technica. Their book Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction was nominated for the LA Times Book Prize in science. Their first novel, Autonomous, won a Lambda award.
"Breathtakingly brilliant."--The New York Times
A revolution is happening in speculative fiction, and Annalee
Newitz is leading the vanguard. -- Wil Wheaton, actor Star Trek and
Big Bang Theory "Newitz always sees to the heart of complex systems
and breaks them down with poetic ferocity."--N. K. Jemisin, author
of the Broken Earth trilogy and The City We Became "Few stories are
as smart, as nuanced, as exciting, and as unsettling as this
one....engrossing and impactful." -- Karen Joy Fowler, bestselling
author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
"Annalee Newitz combines time travel, multi-alternative realities
and feminist politics in the fast-paced, complex and mind-blowing
The Future of Another Timeline . . . a compulsively readable novel
of controlled anger that, despite the horror, offers hope."--The
Guardian It's like Newitz has written a science fiction addendum to
Handmaids Tale... She flawlessly weaves between time and characters
and creates a feminist, sci-fi, thrill-ride integrated into a
covert history lesson. You close the book reeling with questions
about your own life and your part in changing the future. --Amy
Acker, actress Angel and Person of Interest A page-turner and an
ambitious feminist lens on the time-traveler story." -- Kelly Sue
DeConnick creator of Bitch Planet, writer for Captain Marvel "A
glorious tale of hope in the face of outrage, an anthem of timeless
resistance against the powers that would lead us to our worst
futures." --Ken Liu, Author of The Paper Menagerie and Other
Stories and The Grace of Kings
The Future of Another Timeline does brilliantly what SF does best:
makes metaphor concrete to illuminate the human condition. In this
case, the idea that women are consistently written out of history
by men is turned into a visceral reality, and secret history
becomes a thrilling secret war. --Nicola Griffith, author of Hild
The best punk rock / time travel / Chicago history / riot girl /
mindf*ck of a book I have ever read. Grape Ape Forever! --Dan
Sinker, creator of Punk Planet magazine The Future of Another
Timeline is the mind-blowing punk feminist sci-fi time traveling
thriller you've been waiting for, and which our culture desperately
needs. Packed with action, sass, righteousness, technology and
danger, it just might be a perfect book. --Michelle Tea "A
multilayered tale of "editing" history, human rights, and the
ripple effect. Smart and profound on every level." --Publishers
Weekly (starred review) Clever, compelling and utterly original.
--Laurie Penny, author of Everything Belongs to the Future Exciting
and urgent. --Saladin Ahmed, Eisner winning author of Black Bolt,
Exiles, and Throne of the Crescent Moon Newitz's carefully built
narrative of time travel and conflict is rooted in the drive and
joys
of intersectional feminism, sex positivity, and acceptance...This
riot of a book will have readers delighting both in the thrilling
battle over timelines in an intricate, alternative world and in the
joys of inclusive feminist solidarity.--Booklist (starred review)
Where the book really shines is in its page-turning plot and
thoughtfully drawn characters... the story charges along until
Newitz suddenly ties it all together with breathtaking finesse. An
ambitious adventure that keeps the surprises coming. --Kirkus
(starred review) [Newitz] highlights the truths of our past and
possibilities of our future. The fantastical elements do not hide
the all-too-real horrors women could face, but intelligence and
hope are woven into every level. --Library Journal (starred review)
"Newitz is one of the patron saints of geeks . . . a compelling
piece of sci-fi that plays with time, friendship, and consequences
. . . your new must-read."--The Mary Sue "Sure to become a feminist
time travel classic."--Den of Geek
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