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For this reason, the cover design by <em>Carosello Lab leaves<\/em>, on the outside of the book, a list of possible catastrophes that orbit around it in an endless doomscroll: yet they remain on the surface, without determining the stories contained within. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">This\u00a0almost\u00a0counters a\u00a0widespread\u00a0trend\u00a0in science fiction\u00a0that\u00a0turns the \u201cpornography\u00a0of\u00a0catastrophe\u201d and\u00a0its\u00a0spectacle\u00a0into\u00a0entertainment.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"TextRun SCXW144798172 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW144798172 BCX0\">Lorenzo Gerbi and\u00a0Marlou\u00a0van\u00a0der\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW144798172 BCX0\">Cruijsen<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW144798172 BCX0\">\u00a0(co-directors,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW144798172 BCX0\">Baltan<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW144798172 BCX0\">\u00a0Laboratories) in\u00a0conversation\u00a0with the co-authors.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP Selected SCXW144798172 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Edited by\u00a0Baltan Laboratories the book is a collection of 10 science fiction stories which do not address the theme of imminent disaster, but rather the ways in which we anticipate or overcome it. 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