Imagined Futures
Full details rom The Iron Man to The Day of the Triffids to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy ; from The Hunger Games to Gone to The Knife of Never Letting Go , science fiction remains incredibly popular across all media. Offering clues to the future and glimpses of what can and must not be, science fiction novels often stand as a form of protest and pose the question: What can reimagining the world teach us? At a time of extraordinary global change and societal and environmental turmoil, Faber launches this prize for fiction that shines a spotlight on the immense power and value of the natural world and explores the enormous number of potential outcomes for our collective future. Some of the most imaginative and immersive fiction is science fiction, but there isn’t enough of it. Particularly now when young adults need great e