Projections

Alternate, special edition cover version here: special edition Projections is an anthology of sci-fi stories that in some way predicted life in the present day. Edited and introduced by renowned rare-book dealer Rebecca Romney, these pieces are gathered from across the genre’s rich, diverse history. Collectively, they help illuminate both past and present alike. The 12 individually bound booklets are packaged together in a custom box with a die-cut window and include: Mary Griffith, Three Hundred Years Hence (excerpt) Mark Twain, “From the ‘London Times’ of 1904” Edward A. Johnson, Light Ahead for the Negro (excerpt) Begum Rokeya, “Sultana’s Dream” Murray Leinster, “A Logic Named Joe” Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth, The Space Merchants (excerpt) Doris Pitkin Buck, “Birth of a Gardener” J. G. Ballard, “The Intensive Care Unit” Pablo Capanna, “Acronia” (translated by Andrea Bell) James Blish, We All Die Naked (excerpt) L. Timmel Duchamp, “The Forbidden Words of Margaret A.” Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents (excerpt)