Welcome to the Lifespinners website, a spin-off from my near-future novel of the same name. The book is set in 2048 within the well-protected, apparently serene community of Wellowfern, where the older residents are offered life enrichment and the latest treatments and therapies to promote longevity and rejuvenation. They have all escaped from their past, in one way or another, and don’t want any disturbing reminders or nasty complications. Change is coming, however, and they face insidious and powerful forces battling over their future.
As an author and a former social researcher working in the field of housing and care, I am fascinated by the question of how emerging and future scientific and technological advances are likely to change our physical attributes and mental capacities, our close relationships and social environments and our experience of the wider world, both on Earth and beyond. With this website, I am aiming to provide an overview of key research areas and topics driving these changes, and to encourage informed and lively discussion and debate about their effects and implications, both positive and negative. The consistent running theme is the exciting, intriguing and perhaps disturbing concept of Human Reshaping.
In developing ideas for storylines and settings for my novels, I have drawn on a range of excellent sources, including recent non-fiction books and a continuing stream of published research articles. These have been inspiring and I want to express my sincere thanks to the academic experts, science journalists, editors, thinkers and innovators who write so clearly and engagingly about their areas of interest. My overview pieces can be found in the ‘Themes’ section within the dropdown list on each page of this site.
Lynn Watson
Contact: lynn48@lifespinners.com
Website design: Jay D Stow
