A dozen Australian authors were tasked with writing a short story that revolved around the many and varied meanings of the word 'obliquity'.

What is obliquity?

OBLIQUITY DEFINITION
1. deviation from moral rectitude or sound thinking
2. deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity
3. indirectness or deliberate obscurity of speech or conduct,
an obscure or confusing statement

Seventeen short stories have been brought together, connected by an interpretation of a single word. Some writers saw humour, others saw drama. Some entered worlds...

Since humankind was able to imagine, stories about the future both immediate and far-reaching have been passed on. We ask ourselves:

• Will we, as a species, be able to overcome our differences and work together?
• Will planet Earth be salvaged or abandoned?
• Will we be able to connect with other humans in a digital age?
• Will we be able to recognise ourselves and our society in twenty years' time? How about in fifty or a hundred?

Find out what twenty Australian authors have imagined and be intrigued by the differences - and similarities -...