Yet another brilliant-sounding book, one I probably won’t get around to reading for several months: The Last Generation by Steffan Postaer. The basic idea? It’s not the end of the world, just the end of us. Humanity encounters EFS (embryo fatality syndrome), where fetuses suddenly and inexplicably turn to Jell-O. Humanity is no longer able to reproduce, and the question becomes now what do we do, which I can only assume will be tackled in a majority of the novel.

It’s one of those quirky sci-fi ideas that makes you think. I only hope the story can stand up to the weight of the idea. You can read an excerpt online, where you can also find out that author Postaer is the ad man behind the Altoid “curiously strong mint” ads. Ironically, he has three kids.