Fat of the Land | Mark Huntley-James | Near-Future Fictions

Mark Huntley-James presents his story 'Fat of the Land' at Virtual Futures' Near-Future Fictions on the theme of (Dis)ease of the i-Mortal.

Virtual Futures' Near-Future Fictions series continues its mission to reassert the significance of science fiction as a tool for criticising, interrogating, and navigating possible tomorrows.

Born of earth or brought back from far away, biological or viral invasions or diseases can affect humans on any scale; from protecting or plaguing an individual to becoming an epidemic that affects us all. Authors took on a topic that Literature has meditated on from its inception; from Defoe’s Journal of the Plague Year, to Mary Shelley’s The Last Man, to Marquez’s 100 Years of Solitude, to Camus’s The Plague, to King’s The Stand.

They showed us the good, the bad, but not the bland; and predicted the future of infection and infestation in any of its various forms. What is the nature of the diseases, contagions or contaminations have in store?

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Credits

Produced by Virtual Futures
Edited by Luke Robert Mason
Thanks to Stephen Oram

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