Sad Planets Science_Gift_Guide resides in the intimate margins

resides in the intimate margins of its (beautifully imagined) world's history

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King is one of a diverse collection of contributors whose personal essays turn Pedro’s shocking death into an occasion to reflect on the deeper truths of life we too often overlook

Taylor has wielded my secret like a weapon for years

Sam and his partner

Sad Planets Science_Gift_Guide resides in the intimate marginsEverything is sad, wrote the Ancient poets. But is this sadness merely a human experience, projected onto the world, or is there a gloom attributable to the world itself? Could the universe be forever weeping the tears of things? In this series of meditations, Dominic Pettman and Eugene Thacker explore some of the key negative affects both eternal and emergent associated with climate change, environmental destruction, and cosmic solitude. In so doing