Future Fiction
This year The Pigeonhole has partnered up with FutureBook to run a short story competition exploring the publishing possibilities to come. The past three decades have seen extraordinary advancements in reading methods; from e-books to mobile reading, speed reading apps to audiobooks on your phone. Everyone is engaging with words in multiple ways, and yet the paper book is still going strong.
What will the next few decades bring?
Dive into worlds of edible literature, crazed marketing anarchists, books written by bots, storylines stolen from criminals and brain jacking. Best of all you get to chat about these incredible ideas with their authors.
Be part of the future of fiction.
Why We Like It
- A fascinating chance to read a writer's take on where books will be in years to come
- These are some of the freshest new voices in fiction
- By exploring the future of publishing we are challenging the books of today
In the Discussion
Most enjoyable read. Different slants and insights on where the future of books and reading may be in the future.
I really enjoyed this anthology - all sorts of new notions about reading intermingled with great stories!
I really enjoyed this. At the same time, it makes me uncomfortable. Today, in 2018, even without the plug-ins and DLs, this "world" is the reality in the universities and colleges. Students are taught/trained to consume, not criticize. Everything is sponsored, the textbooks themselves are required purchases and can't be acquired in any economical way, past editions are outdated and useless in the context of the classroom. It's a rare teacher/professor who makes the effort to teach critical thinking. They aren't rewarded for it by either administration nor the majority of students. A sad reality / future. As Phaedra said, "Today's readers. Tomorrow's leaders." Thanks, Jamie, well done. Would love to read more of your work.