I read and reviewed this book at a time I was sent it here on NetGalley - the only issue being that at the time I had no access to NetGalley itself. And I say this only because the themes that Everything Belongs To The Future have only become more relevant over time. If the rich and the powerful were imagined to be capable of hoarding life-changing treatments and longevity solutions in 2016, then the world we face in 2023 holds no shortage of inspiration for Laurie Penny, if she ever decides to revisit these themes. And I sincerely hope she does - for all the trouble a group of young rebels could get into in such a short novella, I can envision a world where Laurie Penny weaves a relevant, pertinent, poignant tale of the Haves and the Have Nots, of the societal standards that are foisted upon us, and of the undue pressure we place on the newer generations to undo and combat the cynicism and the greed of the old guard.

I received a digital Arc of this book from Netgalley.

Laurie Penny is best known for her political and gender focused writing, but it turns out that she's also a pretty good fiction writer as well. Her fiction is heavily informed by her political views, which is completely appropriate, since she's writing science fiction.

Science fiction uses visions of the future to tell us about the world we live in now. Sometimes it's hopeful, and sometimes it's a warning. By showing us a world where immortality is available for a price, we can see the injustice that we already live with. After all, we live in a world that demands we pay to eat and treat our cancer. I'm definitely looking forward to more of Laurie Penny's fiction.

I absolutely love Laurie Penny's writing and was really looking forward to sampling her fiction. I also love the genre of speculative fiction and was really looking forward to loving this book. Sadly something about it just didn't 'gel' with me and I felt quite disappointed by it, ultimately. I couldn't engage with Alex as a character and I think that this really got in the way of my enjoyment. So many interesting ideas here though and that is why I'll definitely be buying copies for my classroom as I tink that it might appeal to a great many of the young people I teach and it does deal interestingly with lots of topical and thought provoking ideas.