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reading and (hopefully) watching sometime in the not-so-distant future.Severance (2018) by Ling MaSeverance.Severance. Photo Courtesy PicadorThe satirical Severance by Ling Ma centers on Candace Chen a millennial and first-generation Chinese American trying to figure out how to be a grownup. When the fictional Shen Fever starts making its way through New York and the rest of the world she accepts an assignment from her employer — a Bible producer — to stay in the office be the embodiment of supposed normality and finish the job.




All that even though the world may be coming to an end. And even when the pandemic Belize WhatsApp Number in Severance is a tad direr than the one actually faced by humanity for the last two years you may relish the absurdity of getting chores and tasks done and keep pretending everything is fine. They Both Die at the End (2017) by Adam SilveraThey Both Die at the End. Photo Courtesy Harper CollinsAdam Silvera a New Yorker and author who calls Los Angeles home tells the story of Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio in his 2017 YA novel They Both Die At the End. They’re two complete strangers who on September 5 after midnight receive the news that they’re going to die that day.





The soon-to-be-deceased want to make a new friend on their End Day. Fortunately they can count on technology. Through the app Last Friend they find each other and meet up for one final great nture.Borne (2017) by Jeff VanderMeerBorneBorne. Photo Courtesy MCD BooksYou may have seen Alex Garland’s trippy film adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer’s 2014 novel Annihilation starring Natalie Portman Oscar Isaac and Tessa Thompson. You may also have read the original no