Mickey7 by Edward Ashton
Ashton’s tale of an “expendable”—every time he’s killed, they make a new one; things get dicey when Mickey8 is accidentally created while Mickey7 is still alive—is a thrilling, witty tale set amid a claustrophobic community on a hostile planet. After amassing many Oscars for Parasite, Bong Joon-ho (whose other credits include Snowpiercer and The Host) settled on a Mickey7 adaptation as his next feature; retitled Mickey17, it’ll star Robert Pattinson, Toni Colette, Steven Yeun, Naomi Ackie, and Mark Ruffalo. If you like the book (you will) and you get impatient waiting for the movie (it’s due out March 2024), Ashton just released a sequel to his novel called Antimatter Blues.
