Saturday Fantasy Reader is an ongoing series that looks at a selection of works in Sci-fi, Fantasy or Horror that explore hope or fear in uncertain times. Each episode sheds light on a selection of titles, curated under a loose theme. These are not so much required reading, as much as they are recommended check-it-outs.

We saw it fitting to start our series with John Donne’s infamous quote from Devotions upon Emergent Occasions. Written while he recovered from a serious illness, the quote which comes from Meditation XVII, pinpoints a crucial idea driving Saturday Fantasy: we are all in this together. The following works examine various scenarios in which individuals cope with the unknown worlds around them.

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