All Tomorrows

All Tomorrows: A Billion Year Chronicle of the Myriad Species and Mixed Fortunes of Man is a 2006 speculative evolution and science fiction book written and illustrated by the Turkish artist C. M. Kosemen under the pen name Nemo Ramjet. All Tomorrows explores a hypothetical future path of human evolution set from the near future to a billion years from the present, with several future human species evolving through natural means and through genetic engineering, conducted by both humans themselves and by a mysterious and superior alien species called the Qu.

All Tomorrows
Cover. It depicts a "Bug Facer" (center) and two of its genetically modified descendants.
AuthorC. M. Kosemen
CountryTurkey
LanguageEnglish
GenreSpeculative evolution
Science fiction
Publication date
2006 (online)
Pages111

Summary

Beginning in the near future, All Tomorrows chronicles the imagined entire future history of humanity over the course of the next several hundred million years. Over the course of the book, humanity experiences several triumphs and failures and diverges into several different distinct forms through evolution and genetic engineering.[1]

Following the colonization of Mars, a quick but catastrophic civil war between Earth and Mars and a large-scale colonization initiative carried out by genetically-engineered humans through the galaxy, All Tomorrows introduces a malevolent and superior alien race known as the "Qu", whose religion motivates them to remake the universe through genetic engineering.[2]

Following a brief war in which humanity is quickly defeated by the Qu, the aliens bioengineer the surviving humans as punishment, creating several different strange forms, many of them unintelligent, which are left to evolve on their own as the Qu leave the galaxy. Bioengineered forms of human created by the Qu range from worm-like humans and semi-sentient reptile-like forms to insect-eaters and strange modular and cell-based species.[1][3] The book then proceeds to chronicle the evolution of these new 'ersatz humans', following them as they either go extinct or regain sentience as wildly different forms. Eventually, one race replaces their bodies with mechanical forms known as the Gravital, and colonize the rest of the galaxy while annihilating most life within. The final chapters of the book detail humanity's rebound as a posthuman species, and their first contact with another galaxy's life.

See also

References
  1. Moai (2009-02-21). "Moai's Blog: Creature Feature #5: Nemo Ramjet". Moai's Blog. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  2. Fusco, Fulvio (2014-07-22). Ufo e Alieni tra silenzi e indifferenza (in Italian). Youcanprint. ISBN 9788891150257.
  3. McKenna, Tommy. "Unappreciated Sci-Fi". Tower. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
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