"The hubris of each generation to think..."

I received a flood of positive emails in response to my New Year's Eve post about why I didn't think the world was coming to an end.

On the subject of end times fantasies, I'm currently reading Shift by Hugh Howey (the prequel to one of my favourite sci-fi novels, Wool) where he writes:

"It is the hubris of each generation to think this anew, to think that their time was special, that all things would come to an end with them.... it was hope that made people feel this, not dread. People talk of the ending coming with barely concealed smiles. Their prayer was that when they went they wouldn't go alone. Their hope was that no one would have the good fortune to come after and live a happy life without them."

Whether these are the end times or not, I'd rather work towards a better future until proven dead.

Stay sane and live on,
John C. A. Manley

John C. A. Manley is the author of Much Ado About Corona: A Dystopian Love Story, the forthcoming All The Humans Are Sleeping and other works of speculative fiction. Get free samples of his stories by becoming a Blazing Pine Cone email subscriber at: https://blazingpinecone.com/subscribe/