The Future Library
| Title | The Future Library |
| Year for Search | 2021 |
| Authors | Shepherd, Peng |
| Date Published | 2021 |
| Publisher | Tor.com |
| Place Published | New York |
| ISBN Number | 978-0-358-69012-2 |
| Keywords | Female author, US author |
| Annotation | Magic realist story based on an actual project of that name created in 2114 in Norway by the Scottish artist Katie Paterson (b. 1981) in which one hundred authors write stories that will be printed in 100 years on paper that is made from a tree planted in 2114; see https://www.futurelibrary.no/ In the story, as the last trees in the world disappear due to continued logging, fire, storms, and pollution, the government of Norway destroys the last of the forest. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. in The Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy™ 2022. Ed Rebecca Roanhorse. Series ed. John Joseph Adams (New York/Boston, MA: Mariner Books/HarperCollins, 2022), 299-326. |
| URL | https://www.tor.com/2021/08/18/the-future-library-peng-shepherd/ |
| Illustration | Illus. Mark Smith |
| Author Note | The female author was born, raised, and lives in the United State and has also lived in China, England, and Malaysia. |
| Full Text | 2021 Shepherd, Peng. The Future Library. Illus. Mark Smith. New York: Tor.com, August 18, 2021. https://www.tor.com/2021/08/18/the-future-library-peng-shepherd/ Rpt. in The Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy™ 2022. Ed Rebecca Roanhorse. Series ed. John Joseph Adams (New York/Boston, MA: Mariner Books/HarperCollins, 2022), 299-326. PSt Magic realist story based on an actual project of that name created in 2114 in Norway by the Scottish artist Katie Paterson (b. 1981) in which one hundred authors write stories that will be printed in 100 years on paper that is made from a tree planted in 2114; see https://www.futurelibrary.no/ In the story, as the last trees in the world disappear due to continued logging, fire, storms, and pollution, the government of Norway destroys the last of the forest. The female author was born, raised, and lives in the United State and has also lived in China, England, and Malaysia. |
