All Tomorrows
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== Reception and legacy == |
== Reception and legacy == |
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Originally an obscure work, ''All Tomorrows'' slowly gained popularity online following its 2006 publication. In a 2021 podcast interview, Kösemen noted that the [[Generation Z|generation born right after him]] (Kösemen having been born in 1984) "really embraced" ''All Tomorrows'', which he believes might partially be due to the "myriad disasters" that have happened in the world since then. The book has received some scholarly attention; in 2020, ''All Tomorrows'' was among the works discussed in Jörg Matthias Determann's book ''Islam, Science Fiction and Extraterrestrial Life'', which explores [[astrobiology]] and science fiction in the [[Muslim world]].{{Cite book |last=Determann |first=Jörg Matthias |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lV_xDwAAQBAJ |title=Islam, Science Fiction and Extraterrestrial Life: The Culture of Astrobiology in the Muslim World |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |year=2020 |isbn=978-0755601271}} Following the upload of an abridged version of the book's story by [[YouTuber]] ''Alt Shift X'' in June 2021,{{Cite web |last=Luzong |first=Allia |date=2021-08-25 |title=Sci-Fi and Biology Meet in All Tomorrows: A Terrifying Vision of the Future of Humanity |url=https://www.alittlebithuman.com/sci-fi-and-biology-meet-in-all-tomorrows-a-terrifying-vision-of-the-future-of-humanity/ |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=A Little Bit Human |language=en-US}} ''All Tomorrows'' saw a particular surge in popularity online during the summer of 2021. Among other things, there was a surge of [[internet memes]] based on the book, primarily on [[YouTube]] and [[Twitter]] |
Originally an obscure work, ''All Tomorrows'' slowly gained popularity online following its 2006 publication. In a 2021 podcast interview, Kösemen noted that the [[Generation Z|generation born right after him]] (Kösemen having been born in 1984) "really embraced" ''All Tomorrows'', which he believes might partially be due to the "myriad disasters" that have happened in the world since then. The book has received some scholarly attention; in 2020, ''All Tomorrows'' was among the works discussed in Jörg Matthias Determann's book ''Islam, Science Fiction and Extraterrestrial Life'', which explores [[astrobiology]] and science fiction in the [[Muslim world]].{{Cite book |last=Determann |first=Jörg Matthias |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lV_xDwAAQBAJ |title=Islam, Science Fiction and Extraterrestrial Life: The Culture of Astrobiology in the Muslim World |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |year=2020 |isbn=978-0755601271}} Following the upload of an abridged version of the book's story by [[YouTuber]] ''Alt Shift X'' in June 2021,{{Cite web |last=Luzong |first=Allia |date=2021-08-25 |title=Sci-Fi and Biology Meet in All Tomorrows: A Terrifying Vision of the Future of Humanity |url=https://www.alittlebithuman.com/sci-fi-and-biology-meet-in-all-tomorrows-a-terrifying-vision-of-the-future-of-humanity/ |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=A Little Bit Human |language=en-US}} ''All Tomorrows'' saw a particular surge in popularity online during the summer of 2021. Among other things, there was a surge of [[internet memes]] based on the book, primarily on [[YouTube]] and [[Twitter]], as well as [[fan art]] based on the creatures in the book. |
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Readers have characterized ''All Tomorrows'' as "bizarre", "inexplicable", "interesting", and "fascinating", and as a work incorporating [[body horror]].{{Cite web|last=McKenna|first=Tommy|title=Unappreciated Sci-Fi|url=https://tower.mastersny.org/2722/showcase/unappriciated-sci-fi/|access-date=2019-09-17|website=Tower}} Ivan Farkas of [[Cracked.com]] called ''All Tomorrows'' "existentially freak-ay" in 2021 and described the artwork as "otherwordly".{{Cite web |last=Farkas |first=Ivan |date=2022-07-14 |title=Cracked Goes Galaxy Brain: The Bonkers Aliens Of Future Earth |url=https://www.cracked.com/article_34428_cracked-goes-galaxy-brain-the-bonkers-aliens-of-future-earth.html |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Cracked.com |language=en}} A 2022 article by Andrea Viscusi on the [[Italy|Italian]] media website ''Stay Nerd'' compared ''All Tomorrows'' to ''[[Man After Man]]'' (1990) by [[Dougal Dixon]], also a work tackling future human evolution, but found the depictions in ''All Tomorrows'' to be "even more disturbing", yet still possible on an "almost [[Subliminal stimuli|subliminal]] level" to "recognize as our fellow men".{{Cite web |last=Viscusi |first=Andrea |date=2022-02-18 |title=Il fascino disturbante dell'uncanny: codici, bestiari e atlanti dei mostri |url=https://www.staynerd.com/bestiari-mostri/ |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=Stay Nerd |language=it-IT}} In a 2022 article in the lifestyle magazine ''A Little Bit Human'', Allia Luzong considered ''All Tomorrows'' to be a "fun exploration of what could be" but also a serious work with serious themes, particularly noting how humanity's social ills are present throughout the narrative. |
Readers have characterized ''All Tomorrows'' as "bizarre", "inexplicable", "interesting", and "fascinating", and as a work incorporating [[body horror]].{{Cite web|last=McKenna|first=Tommy|title=Unappreciated Sci-Fi|url=https://tower.mastersny.org/2722/showcase/unappriciated-sci-fi/|access-date=2019-09-17|website=Tower}} Ivan Farkas of [[Cracked.com]] called ''All Tomorrows'' "existentially freak-ay" in 2021 and described the artwork as "otherwordly".{{Cite web |last=Farkas |first=Ivan |date=2022-07-14 |title=Cracked Goes Galaxy Brain: The Bonkers Aliens Of Future Earth |url=https://www.cracked.com/article_34428_cracked-goes-galaxy-brain-the-bonkers-aliens-of-future-earth.html |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Cracked.com |language=en}} A 2022 article by Andrea Viscusi on the [[Italy|Italian]] media website ''Stay Nerd'' compared ''All Tomorrows'' to ''[[Man After Man]]'' (1990) by [[Dougal Dixon]], also a work tackling future human evolution, but found the depictions in ''All Tomorrows'' to be "even more disturbing", yet still possible on an "almost [[Subliminal stimuli|subliminal]] level" to "recognize as our fellow men".{{Cite web |last=Viscusi |first=Andrea |date=2022-02-18 |title=Il fascino disturbante dell'uncanny: codici, bestiari e atlanti dei mostri |url=https://www.staynerd.com/bestiari-mostri/ |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=Stay Nerd |language=it-IT}} In a 2022 article in the lifestyle magazine ''A Little Bit Human'', Allia Luzong considered ''All Tomorrows'' to be a "fun exploration of what could be" but also a serious work with serious themes, particularly noting how humanity's social ills are present throughout the narrative. |
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