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Utopia

Every day I’m more convinced that Terra Ignota will be seen as the defining sci-fi series of the 2020s.

Seven illustrated figures in the dress of the Hives: Humanist, Mason, Mitsubishi, Cousin, Gordian, Europe and Utopian

My house is a mixed hive bash: my girlfriend is Humanist. The cat is a villainous Blacklaw.

On July 18, my cofounder and I threw a party at the Vivarium of San Francisco, and we got hundreds of people together to birth Utopia. We wore Utopian cloaks and visors. We had U-beasts and Cannerbeat and at least one Infinite To-Do List. We recited The Oath.

THE UTOPIAN OATH, from Terra Ignota by Ada Palmer, on a screen

Some people cannot imagine taking an oath like this. That tells you more about their lack of imagination than about the limits of human potential.

Long live Utopia! We’ll see you next year when Utopia turns one.