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Catherine Mayer

American-born British journalist and author; co-founded the Women's Equality Party with Sandi Toksvig in 2015; former Europe editor of Time; author of Charles: The Heart of a King and Divide and Rule: Royal Women and Their Battles.

4 things

Brave New WorldBook Aldous Huxley

recommended

Brave New World is the oldest book and the first in this list I read, when I was at school.

Five Books interview: the best books on Alternative Futures

2017-06-02·fivebooks.com ↗

IdoruBook William Gibson

recommended

We know this because the book I’ve chosen, Idoru, was written in 1997 and many of the things he describes have now happened.

Five Books interview: the best books on Alternative Futures

2017-06-02·fivebooks.com ↗

The Left Hand of DarknessBook Ursula Le Guin

recommended

Unlike my other choices, The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin doesn’t deal with technology but Le Guin uses fiction to perform a thought experiment.

Five Books interview: the best books on Alternative Futures

2017-06-02·fivebooks.com ↗

BintiBook Nnedi Okorafor

recommended

Binti by Nnedi Okorafor, is a trilogy and the third part is out in January 2018.

Five Books interview: the best books on Alternative Futures

2017-06-02·fivebooks.com ↗

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