Jeff VanderMeer is the NYT bestselling author of the Southern Reach Trilogy. His most recent novel Borne was a finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award and was recently added to the NEA’s Big Reads program.
Annalee Newitz, editor-in-chief of io9.com and author of Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive A Mass Extinction, discusses the state of the planet, long-term planning, and the admirable survival instincts of the Lystrosaurus.