Still Lost: Tales from 2080

Hyper advanced, sarcastic aliens have invaded Earth … A funny, whip-smart work of science fiction from Sam O'Nella Academy YouTube creator Sam A. Miller – perfect for readers of Andy Weir, Douglas Adams, Matt Dinniman.

* A 2026 BEST NEW SCIENCE FICTION BOOK, FINANCIAL TIMES *
* ‘One of my new favorite books of all time’ 5-STAR reader review *
* ‘Absolutely hilarious’ 5-STAR reader review *

Set in a world that is not really dystopian, or utopian, but just ‘topian’, Still Lost follows the lives of its denizens in a strange new status quo. Our visitors have solved all existential threats - no climate change, no nuclear missiles, no singularity crisis.

And yet, in crisis we remain.

Across eight, interconnected stories, we meet a biologist grad student who tries to get her big break from visits with an alien sex worker. We encounter a baboon with human intelligence who live streams his life, only to be cyberbullied. We come across scientists who discover the shocking truth about grass. And we are introduced to a young man who must save his own life from the music that has taken him hostage.

Often funny and always profound, this ultra-timely work feasts on the follies and earnest absurdities of humanity.

An irreverent, wry and timely look at the not-so-distant future, Still Lost: Tales from the Year 2080 marks the arrival of a major new voice in science fiction.

Readers LOVE Still Lost:

‘Made me laugh, cry, think a little harder than I usually do’ 5* reader review

‘One of the best sci fi short story collections I’ve read’ 5* reader review

‘Had me hooked from start to finish’ 5* reader review

‘Absolutely hilarious’ 5* reader review

‘Actually made me laugh out loud’ 5* reader review

‘Made me laugh, cry, think a little harder than I usually do’ 5* reader review

‘One of the best sci fi short story collections I’ve read’ 5* reader review

‘Had me hooked from start to finish’ 5* reader review

‘Absolutely hilarious’ 5* reader review

‘Actually made me laugh out loud’ 5* reader review