We are extremely pleased that Gerry Hassan, author, commentator and journalist, includes Scotland 2070 in his annual list of ‘my favourite books of 2020.’ We appear among such august company as Val McDermid, Ian Dale and Oliver Letwin – and, Mary Trump!
Also on the list is Booker prize-winner Douglas Stuart’s sensational first novel Shuggie Bain.
About our own more modest effort, which he includes under the heading ‘Scottish Futures’ along with Val McDermid’s ‘Future,’ Gerry says:
‘A fifty-year vision for Scotland: Scotland 2070. There is lots to commend in this book which is buzzing with ideas and intelligence about a post-oil economy, the challenge of climate change, and our future as a northern nation. A welcome contribution to the sort of futures literacy we need more of.’
I wonder if anyone will still be reading it in 2070?