Futures

In some sf, like Poul Anderson's Technic History and The Star Fox, Earth becomes unified and deals with other intelligent species. Gunnar Heim's crew includes a Hungarian and a Naqsan. We have just barely started on the first part of this process. The guy on the supermarket checkout spoke English with an accent so I asked whether he was Polish and learned that he was Bulgarian. I affirmed that we are all British here.

Some other sf, like Anderson's Psychotechnic History, Maurai History, Twilight World and Vault Of The Ages, shows a long recovery from nuclear war. We are also taking some steps in that direction! I need hardly elaborate.

In the Technic History, Ythrians of the New Faith see the shadow of God the Hunter across the future. This is, figuratively, the case for each of us as an individual but hopefully not for the planet or the species any time soon.