Talk:All Tomorrows

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"Speculative evolution" designation[edit]

The first sentence of the article reads:

"All Tomorrows: A Billion Year Chronicle of the Myriad Species and Mixed Fortunes of Man is a 2006 work of speculative evolution in science fiction format written...", which I think is a very unfair categorization. While the book does have evolution as a primary plot device and narrative, the subject is not approached with any amount of rigor or from a reasonable scientific perspective.

This may mislead a potential reader (it mislead me for sure) into thinking that the book is something that it's not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HallowDance (talk • contribs) 20:22, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Speculative evolution does not have to be approached with a fully scientific perspective. As can be read in the speculative evolution article, The Time Machine (1895) is often seen as an early example of speculative evolution and I think you'd be hard-pressed to argue that All Tomorrows is less rigorous than that. Ichthyovenator (talk) 22:12, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I can agree with that. After your edit (putting science fiction before speculative evolution) the article reads much better. Cheers. HallowDance (talk) 08:47, 8 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]