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Cosmologist, pilot, author, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. @TEDFellow, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar. Cis. She/her. Dr. https://t.co/x5ErK7B0CB

Sep 16, 2020, 11 tweets

My book in title headings and epigraphs: a thread of appreciation for some of the writers who inspired me, and whose words were one way or another apocalyptically appropriate. #EndOfEverythingBook astrokatie.com/book

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Cosmos. Robert Frost, Fire and Ice.

Chapter 2: Big Bang to Now. @ann_leckie, Ancillary Justice.

Chapter 3: Big Crunch. @nkjemisin, The Fifth Season.

Chapter 4: Heat Death. Tom Stoppard, Arcadia.

Chapter 5: The Big Rip. Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go.

Chapter 6: Vacuum Decay. Connie Willis, Doomsday Book.

Chapter 7: Bounce. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

Chapter 8: Future of the Future. @Hozier, No Plan.

Chapter 9: Epilogue. Alastair Reynolds, Pushing Ice.

(I meant to say "chapter headings" at the top of this thread but anyway you get the idea)

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