Dear Futurists,

The end of the school year is a good time to think about the future. Yesterday we read about some possible jobs in the future–drone engineer, aging specialist, water harvester. Today we’ll read a science fiction story about one author’s vision of the future.

When authors tell stories about the future, what they’re really talking about is how we live right now. By moving our lives to the future, we get to see our beliefs and actions in a new light. Sometimes, that makes them look silly, but it always forces us to reexamine them. Is what we believe true? Will it be true in the future? How can we tell.

Literature is really good about making us ask these questions.

Sincerely,

Mr. Heimbuck