Speculative fiction doesn’t just entertain—it shapes how we imagine the future of our planet. After reading:

• Helen Simpson’s “Diary of an Interesting Year”
• Mike McClelland’s “The Secrets of the Last Greenland Shark”

Choose one idea or theme that both stories explore such as survival, community, extinction, hope, collapse, adaptation, or memory and write a 300–400 word post comparing how each author handles that idea.

Your post must:

• Cite at least one direct passage from each story to support your points.
• Analyze how each author uses narrative techniques of world building to shape the reader’s emotional response.
• Reflect on your own reaction: What did you feel reading these futures? What seemed familiar or unfamiliar?