To The Last Page

There’s something ominous about a science-fiction book that has a title like Soon . Soon doesn’t necessarily have to mean something bad – and in this case of Thomas Cadène and Benjamin Adam’s graphic novel there’s another meaning to Soon as an ambitious space project – but in any science fiction book, particularly one that comes from an environmental perspective, the future is never going to look too bright. In fact, it’s actually through comparing darkness and light that Soon emphasises very effectively right from the outset what we are in danger of losing. The opening scene takes a look at our own society now viewed from the perspective of children in New Winnipeg in 2140 visiting a museum of the past. To their amazement they are able to see a reconstruction of the early 21st century, look on in wonder at the now unthinkably dazzling Times Square, marvel at the space everyone has in their cars, and marvel at devices that once allowed people to communicate instantaneously with anyon...