{"product_id":"creative-futures-9781835626474","title":"Creative Futures","description":"\u003cb\u003eInspirational and thought-provoking collection of short stories imagining future crises and solutions, uniting the spheres of creative storytelling and real-life resilience building.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe're going to change the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eScience Fiction writers spend their lives thinking about what will happen in the future. In this anthology, a select group bring imaginative thinking to the challenges the world will face in the next century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis anthology is a collection of works that draw inspiration from the Creative Futures Research Project, a partnership between Coventry University and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), the UK Ministry of Defence's science and technology organisation. The writers involved in the project created stories that imagined some of the future crises that we may have to resolve and the ramifications of our choices on the generations who come after us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEdited by author, lecturer and researcher \u003cb\u003eAllen Stroud\u003c\/b\u003e, who had a leading role in the research project, this anthology not only entertains and inspires, but also reminds us of the immense value of the imagination and creativity of science fiction writers in helping us plan for future crisis management and resilience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe full list of featured authors in this book is: Allen Stroud, Gavin Smith, Kieran Currie Rones, Stewart Hotston, Emma Newman, Stephen Oram, Tiffani Angus, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Adeola Eze, Gareth L. Powell, Stark Holborn, and Sophia McDougall.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Flame Tree Collections\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781835626474\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.75h x 7.63w x 1.00d","brand":"Allen Stroud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51948804898997,"sku":"9781835626474","price":22.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_aa054c6e-2e67-42fb-9222-736e8b883fef.jpg?v=1762273027","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/creative-futures-9781835626474","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}