'We are dream-walking into a desperate situation': the Booker prize winner on his sci-fi alien invasion wakeup call

He is a sci-fi titan but M John Harrison has just exploded into the mainstream – with The End of Everything, an apocalyptic novel set on the Kent coast. Does he really think we have no hope left?

'We are dream-walking into a desperate situation': the Booker prize winner on his sci-fi alien invasion wakeup call

TL;DR

  • M John Harrison, a sci-fi titan, is gaining mainstream attention.
  • His new novel, 'The End of Everything,' is an apocalyptic story.
  • The novel is set on the Kent coast.
  • The article poses the question of whether Harrison believes humanity has hope.