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In the center of the book cover, the Earth is shown engulfed in flames. At the same time, it is depicted as a match.

Book cover, Naomi Alderman, The Future, Heyne Verlag 2024

JMB Book Club Featuring The Future by Naomi Alderman

As Part of the Exhibition The Opposite of Now: Artistic Paths to a Different Present (in German)

“This is the essential problem. We can imagine the future. And once we’ve imagined it, we can’t stop.”

Read along and join the discussion! Inspired by Naomi Alderman’s science fiction novel, we’ll explore visions of society in the near future.

Wed 4 Nov 2026, 6.30 pm

Map with all buildings that belong to the Jewish Museum Berlin. The W. M. Blumenthal Academy is marked in green

Where

W. M. Blumenthal Academy,
Klaus Mangold Auditorium
Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin
(Opposite the Museum)

Where, when, what?

When Martha Einkorn fled her father’s isolated compound in Oregon, she never expected to find herself working for a powerful social media mogul hell-bent on controlling everything. Now she’s surrounded by mega-rich companies designing private weather, predictive analytics, and covert weaponry, while spouting technological prophecy. Martha may have left the cult, but if the apocalyptic warnings in her father’s sermons are starting to come true, how much future is actually left?

“Alderman is one of the most consistently inventive contemporary British writers, combining literary and historical erudition with an instinct for narrative pace honed in her parallel career writing video games.”  – The Guardian

Hosted by Monika Sommerer, director of the JMB Library, and Lena Kugler, writer and scholar of literature and culture

Naomi Alderman; photo: Annabel Moeller

A woman is sitting on a bench with a book in her hand, smiling at the camera.

Naomi Alderman; photo: Annabel Moeller
Graphic: an orange area with a yellow, radiant dot in the center that is reminiscent of a sunrise.

Exhibition The Opposite of Now: Artistic Paths to a Different Present: Features & Programs

Exhibition Webpage

Accompanying Events & Tours

Publications

Exhibition Catalog – English/German, will be published in Sep 2026

See also

Where, when, what?

  • WhenWed 4 Nov 2026, 6.30 pm
  • Where W. M. Blumenthal Academy,
    Klaus Mangold Auditorium
    Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin
    (Opposite the Museum)
    See location on map
  • Entry fee

    Free of charge

  • Language German

    Please note Tickets can be reserved through the ticket shop

Hashtag #JMBerlin

Source: https://www.jmberlin.de/en/book-club-the-future-by-naomi-alderman
Printed on: 08/22/2026