Voyagers
Our Journey into the Anthropocene
$33.30
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
30 July 2024
Summary
A journey through history and across the planet, Voyagers shows how exploration has led humanity to the brink of destruction—and how it might help us face the challenges of the future.
“A beautiful, important book, charged with the questing rigour of science and the poetic hauntings of a restless spirit.” - KIM MAHOOD
“Moving effortlessly from the immensity of planetary time to profoundly human questions about love and hope, Voyagers is a remarkable achieveme…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781922790774 |
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| ISBN-10: | 192279077X |
| Author: | Lauren Fuge |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 30 July 2024 |
| Weight: | 376g |
| Dimensions: | 233mm x 154mm x 25mm |
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Critics Review
‘Fuge is an accomplished science writer with a literary sensibility, both of which she demonstrates in this intriguing book…This is no airy-fairy travelogue, but an activist’s call for us to stop and reconsider how we travel now.’ * Guardian *
‘A beautiful, important book, charged with the questing rigour of science and the poetic hauntings of a restless spirit.’ * Kim Mahood *
‘Moving effortlessly from the immensity of planetary time to profoundly human questions about love and hope, Voyagers is a remarkable achievement.’
* James Bradley *‘Brilliant. This book asks questions that must be addressed as matters of urgency. Please read it.’
* Ashley Hay *‘Voyagers is a journey worth taking for readers interested in humanity’s interaction with nature, a history of exploration, or a memoir of one woman’s quest to embrace her own restlessness.’ * Antony Morris, Books+Publishing *
‘Gorgeous…Expertly observed, intimately inhabited and gorgeously written…’ * InReview *
‘Fuge is an accomplished science writer with a literary sensibility, both of which she demonstrates in this intriguing book…This is no airy-fairy travelogue, but an activist’s call for us to stop and reconsider how we travel now.’ * Guardian *
‘Award-winning science writer Lauren Fuge seeks answer to the innate human compulsion for exploration and discovery, asking profound questions about how we can navigate the future, as we look beyond the precipice wrought by relentless human consumption.’ * Australian *
‘I admired Lauren Fuge’s stunning exploration of deep time and our uncertain future.’ * James Bradley *
About The Author
Lauren Fuge
Lauren Fuge is an award-winning science writer who is currently undertaking a PhD exploring creative forms of climate communication. She won the magazine category of the 2023 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards and the 2022 UNSW Bragg Prize for Science Writing. Her writing features regularly in the Best Australian Science Writing anthology. Fuge holds a Bachelor of Creative Arts in Creative Writing and a Bachelor of Science in Experimental and Theoretical Physics.
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