{"id":10721,"date":"2021-02-24T06:00:50","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T11:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/?p=10721"},"modified":"2021-05-28T19:29:09","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T23:29:09","slug":"blog-tour-a-history-of-what-comes-next-by-sylvain-neuvel-review-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/blog-tour-a-history-of-what-comes-next-by-sylvain-neuvel-review-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Tour: A History of What Comes Next by Sylvain Neuvel (Review + Giveaway!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ubb-blog-tour-banner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeanbooknerd.com\/2021\/02\/a-history-of-what-comes-next-by-sylvain.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/300-5.jpg\" alt=\"Blog Tour: A History of What Comes Next by Sylvain Neuvel (Review + Giveaway!)\"><\/a><\/p><p>Happy Wednesday and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for A HISTORY OF WHAT COMES NEXT! You guys, I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH!!! I&#8217;m so excited today to share my review! This book is truly amazing and I&#8217;m so so excited to for you to find out more about it, PLUS enter for a chance to win a print copy!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021-300x25.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021-768x63.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I received this book for free from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.<\/p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1a-history-of-what-comes-next-cover.png\" alt=\"Blog Tour: A History of What Comes Next by Sylvain Neuvel (Review + Giveaway!)\" title=\"Blog Tour: A History of What Comes Next by Sylvain Neuvel (Review + Giveaway!)\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignleft\"><strong>A History of What Comes Next<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/authors\/sylvain-neuvel\/\">Sylvain Neuvel<\/a> <br><strong>Series:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/series\/take-them-to-the-stars\/\">Take Them to the Stars #1<\/a> <br><strong>Published on<\/strong>  February 2, 2021 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/publishers\/tor-com\/\">Tor.com<\/a> <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/adult\/\">Adult<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/alternate-history\/\">Alternate History<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/historical-fiction\/\">Historical Fiction<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/science-fiction\/\">Science Fiction<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/queer\/\">Queer<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 304 <br><strong>Format:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/formats\/earc\/\">eARC<\/a> <br><strong>Source:<\/strong> Edelweiss <br><strong>Add to <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/44552037-a-history-of-what-comes-next\" target=\"_blank\">Goodreads<\/a> <br><span class=\"star_rating\"><i class=\"fa fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-star\"><\/i><\/span> <br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p>Showing that truth is stranger than fiction, Sylvain Neuvel weaves a scfi thriller reminiscent of Blake Crouch and Andy Weir, blending a fast moving, darkly satirical look at 1940s rocketry with an exploration of the amorality of progress and the nature of violence in <i>A History of What Comes Next<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Always run, never fight.<br \/>\nPreserve the knowledge.<br \/>\nSurvive at all costs.<br \/>\nTake them to the stars.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Over 99 identical generations, Mia\u2019s family has shaped human history to push them to the stars, making brutal, wrenching choices and sacrificing countless lives. Her turn comes at the dawn of the age of rocketry. Her mission: to lure Wernher Von Braun away from the Nazi party and into the American rocket program, and secure the future of the space race. <\/p>\n<p>But Mia\u2019s family is not the only group pushing the levers of history: an even more ruthless enemy lurks behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p>A darkly satirical first contact thriller, as seen through the eyes of the women who make progress possible and the men who are determined to stop them...<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2021-02-24T11:00:50+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"Happy Wednesday and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for A HISTORY OF WHAT COMES NEXT! You guys, I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH!!! I'm so excited today to share my review! This book is truly amazing\",\n\t\"publisher\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"Kait Plus Books\"\t},\n\t\"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\\\/books\\\/blog-tour-a-history-of-what-comes-next-by-sylvain-neuvel-review-giveaway\\\/\",\n\t\"itemReviewed\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Book\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"A History of What Comes Next\",\n\t\t\"author\": {\n\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\"name\": \"Sylvain Neuvel\",\n\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"\"\t\t},\n\t\t\"isbn\": \"1250262062\"\t},\n\t\"author\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"Kaity\",\n\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\\\/books\\\/\"\t},\n\t\"reviewRating\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Rating\",\n\t\t\"ratingValue\": 5,\n\t\t\"bestRating\": \"5\"\n\t}\n}\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021-300x25.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021-768x63.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10589\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Kait-Reviews-a-Book-February-2021.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Kait-Reviews-a-Book-February-2021.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Kait-Reviews-a-Book-February-2021-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Kait-Reviews-a-Book-February-2021-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>tl;dr<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>In the style of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cSsIyt4kbCU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jean Ralphio<\/a>: \ud83c\udfb6 ALTERNATE HISTORY YEAH \ud83c\udfb6\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Okay, I know I say this <strong>literally<\/strong>. <strong>every<\/strong>. <strong>time<\/strong>. <strong>BUT<\/strong>. I REALLY REALLY SUPER DUPER <strong>LOVE<\/strong> ALTERNATE HISTORY BOOKS!!!!!!!<\/li>\n<li>I was looking at the reviews on Goodreads, and I think <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3818888971?book_show_action=true&amp;from_review_page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Branden Davis said it best: this book is for a very narrow audience<\/a>. HOWEVER, I am that audience, so I LOVED it!!!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>what i loved<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>ALTERNATE HISTORY. Show me historical fiction, and then say things like &#8216;BUT WHAT IF THERE WERE ALIENS&#8217; and I. am. <strong>HOOKED<\/strong>. Also, and I <strong>really<\/strong> want to stress this, it&#8217;s <em>dry<\/em>. There is a lot of talking and backstory (or at least hints of it) and honestly not a lot of action. Personally, that&#8217;s how I like my books, but I know a lot of people don&#8217;t feel that way. Also, SCIENCE! Once again, I&#8217;m paraphrasing from Branden&#8217;s review, and I would like to say that I love all of the following: science-heavy sci fi, historical fiction, books about space exploration, stories about invisible minorities throughout history, mother\/daughter relationships, and aliens. I think about half of that comes from loving the AMERICAN GIRL books growing up, and the other half comes from loving scifi like my dad.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>what i didn&#8217;t<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>My number one complaint is the style of dialogue. Neuvel doesn&#8217;t use quotation marks or anything other than a dash to indicate when people are talking, and if you get lost at all it is extremely difficult to figure out who is saying what when. While this wasn&#8217;t too noticeable when I was listening to the audiobook, it was tremendously disjointed when I was reading both the print and digital versions. The only other thing I didn&#8217;t love is that it was a little too murder-y for me.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>WILL I RE-READ IT?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Probably, but not until the audiobook is out for book two, just because that format made the most sense to me while I was reading this.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>THREE WORDS TO DESCRIBE THE BOOK<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">destiny, rockets, tor.com<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Format matters<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>I read this book on my phone, my kindle, and my laptop. I kept track of what page I was on using a physical copy. I listened to the audiobook while I was driving. Most of the time, changing format doesn&#8217;t alter my opinion of the book much, but for this one it really, really did. When I was listening to the audiobook, it was clear who was talking. When I was reading it everywhere else, it wasn&#8217;t even always clear who was narrating the chapter until a page or two in (which is a big deal when the chapters are only a few pages each). If audiobooks are a thing you can do, I <strong>highly<\/strong> recommend listening to that versus reading the print or digital copies.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021-300x25.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021-768x63.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10591\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/The-Perfect-GIF-February-2021.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/The-Perfect-GIF-February-2021.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/The-Perfect-GIF-February-2021-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/The-Perfect-GIF-February-2021-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10858\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/crazy-science-with-you-.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"245\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021-300x25.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021-768x63.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10592\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Judging-a-Book-by-its-Cover-February-2021.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Judging-a-Book-by-its-Cover-February-2021.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Judging-a-Book-by-its-Cover-February-2021-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Judging-a-Book-by-its-Cover-February-2021-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Orange ink on top of faded brown paper. Drawings of rockets. A plain serif font. There is literally nothing here that I like, yet&#8230; I almost like it all together. This cover tells me what I need to know; just by looking at it I can tell that it&#8217;s aimed at adults- not YA or MG, and that it&#8217;s science fiction. I wouldn&#8217;t have known it was alternate history just by looking at the cover, but I could probably guess that it was historical.<\/p>\n<p>Basically, I like it even though I don&#8217;t like it? So&#8230; 9\/10 stars!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021-300x25.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021-768x63.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10861\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/A-Recipe-For-February-2021.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/A-Recipe-For-February-2021.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/A-Recipe-For-February-2021-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/A-Recipe-For-February-2021-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>a history of what comes next<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Start by combining the dry ingredients, aka the storytelling styles of\u00a0and <em>And I Darken<\/em> by Kiersten White and <em>The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue<\/em> by V.E. Schwab. Next, mix in the weird, queer, and occasionally dark science of ORPHAN BLACK, then add just a pinch of the same from DOCTOR WHO (specifically Bill Potts). For your base, layer <em>The CHRONOS Files<\/em> by Rysa Walker, along with <em>Lady Astronaut<\/em> by Mary Robinette Kowal, and &#8220;When Life Hands You A Lemon Fruitbomb,&#8221; by Amerie (from <em>A Phoenix First Must Burn<\/em>). Finish by adding a garnish of <em>2001: A Space Odyssey<\/em>\u00a0by Arthur C. Clarke, and you&#8217;re ready for <em>A History of What Comes Next<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021-300x25.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021-768x63.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10866\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Most-Likely-To-February-2021.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Most-Likely-To-February-2021.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Most-Likely-To-February-2021-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Most-Likely-To-February-2021-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Quote obscure scientific research<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sara\/Sarah<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Adopt every stray puppy she sees<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mi&#8217;a\/Mia\/Nina<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Accidentally date a serial killer<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Billie<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021-300x25.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021-768x63.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10594\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bookstagram-February-2021.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bookstagram-February-2021.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bookstagram-February-2021-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bookstagram-February-2021-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>coming soon!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021-300x25.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021-768x63.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10501\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/About-the-Author-February-2021.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/About-the-Author-February-2021.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/About-the-Author-February-2021-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/About-the-Author-February-2021-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10857 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sylvain-Neuvel-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sylvain-Neuvel-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sylvain-Neuvel.jpg 467w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<div><b>Sylvain Neuvel<\/b>\u00a0dropped out\u00a0<span class=\"il\">of<\/span>\u00a0high school at age 15. Along the way, he has been\u00a0<span class=\"il\">a<\/span>\u00a0journalist, worked in soil decontamination, sold ice cream in California, and furniture across Canada. He received\u00a0<span class=\"il\">a<\/span>\u00a0Ph.D. in linguistics from the University\u00a0<span class=\"il\">of<\/span>\u00a0Chicago. He taught linguistics in India, and worked as\u00a0<span class=\"il\">a<\/span>\u00a0software engineer in Montreal. He is also\u00a0<span class=\"il\">a<\/span>\u00a0certified translator, though he wishes he were an astronaut. He absolutely loves toys; his girlfriend would have him believe that he has too many, so he writes about aliens and giant robots as\u00a0<span class=\"il\">a<\/span>\u00a0blatant excuse to build action figures (for his son,\u00a0<span class=\"il\">of<\/span>\u00a0course). His debut, Sleeping Giants, was described by NPR as \u201cone\u00a0<span class=\"il\">of<\/span>\u00a0the most promising series kickoffs in recent memory.\u201d<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Follow-the-Author-February-2021.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Follow-the-Author-February-2021.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Follow-the-Author-February-2021-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Follow-the-Author-February-2021-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\" data-removefontsize=\"true\"><b 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href=\"https:\/\/www.rafflecopter.com\/rafl\/display\/e849f7752004\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Enter here for a chance to win a print copy of A HISTORY OF WHAT COMES NEXT by Sylvain Neuvel!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>(International!)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021-300x25.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hearts-Divider-February-2021-768x63.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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