Tim Weed

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Did reading the novel change your perspective on anything? How and why?

Time is a recurring theme in The Afterlife Project: the vastness of geological time and the slippery nature of time itself. How would you articulate the novel’s approach to time?

The novel imagines a future in which humanity is on the ropes but has developed technology to facilitate one-way time travel into the deep future. Do you think this is possible? Why do you think the author chose to include this as a key plot point in the book?

It’s been said that the cure can be worse than the disease. Can you think of any examples of this principle in action in the novel?

Do you think the novel is optimistic or pessimistic when it comes to what we can expect from the environmental crisis humanity is currently facing?

Some people see speculative novels as attempts to weave new mythologies for a species much in need of them. Can you see The Afterlife Project as a kind of myth?

How do you think studying the geological past can give us perspective on the distant future?

If you could cast the main roles for a movie version of The Afterlife Project, which actors would you choose for each of the roles?

The Afterlife Project: a novel