1.0Gizmodo Australiahttps://gizmodo.com.auJames Whitbrookhttps://gizmodo.com.au/author/jameswhitbrook-usa/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="sxYeAshjxu"><a href="https://gizmodo.com.au/2016/11/in-warren-ellis-new-thrillernormal-preparing-for-humanitys-downfall-has-a-price-your-sanity/">In Warren Ellis’ New Thriller Normal, Preparing For Humanity’s Downfall Has A Price: Your Sanity</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gizmodo.com.au/2016/11/in-warren-ellis-new-thrillernormal-preparing-for-humanitys-downfall-has-a-price-your-sanity/embed/#?secret=sxYeAshjxu" width="600" height="338" title="“In Warren Ellis’ New Thriller Normal, Preparing For Humanity’s Downfall Has A Price: Your Sanity” — Gizmodo Australia" data-secret="sxYeAshjxu" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/15/eivg6cnl9iwjpwvpozlz.png?quality=75800510Think long enough about the future, where humanity is almost certainly doomed, and you might start going insane with despair. But what happens when your entire job is preparing for that future? In the latest techno-thriller novel by Warren Ellis (Transmetropolitan, Planetary, Red, Nextwave) you go to the one place that can help: Normal.