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== Development == Kösemen worked on All Tomorrows from 2003–2006. The work of Olaf Stapledon, particularly Last and First Men (1930) and Star Maker (1937), served as the main inspiration for the work, alongside Edward Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. All Tomorrows is written in the style of a historical work, narrated by an alien creature recounting the history of humanity. According to Kösemen, the: "tone of voice is a high school student fanboying on the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon". The artwork is also reflective of this "archaeological" approach, with faded and textured visual effects applied to the paintings. The original reason for adding the faded tint to the paintings was Kösemen wanting to avoid the paintings looking like "horrible racist caricatures". The book was released for free online as a PDF on 4 October 2006 and has since then, per Kösemen himself, "had a life of its own as a PDF floating around the backwaters of the internet like a ghost ship". One of the common links which All Tomorrows has been shared through is a wiki site dedicated to speedrunning. The first licensed physical edition of All Tomorrows was published by Time Publishing in March 2024, in the Thai language. This edition included the content of the original 2006 book, with a new chapter on the making of the book and some additional artwork by other artists. All Tomorrows has been physically published in English. In July 2024 preorders on the crowdfunding site Unbound began for official hardback and e-book editions in the English language, including additional materials and artwork and the intent to publish 20/21 August 2025. Unfortunately, Unbound filed for liquidation leaving the book unreleased by them, causing controversy among fans as many didn't see a refund. Shortly after this news broke out Kösemen signed with a new company to make a physical copy that needs no preorder, he stated it could be bought regularly from distributors in November 2025.
== Reception and legacy == Originally an obscure work, All Tomorrows slowly gained popularity online following its 2006 publication. In a 2021 podcast interview, Kösemen noted that the generation born right after him (Kösemen having been born in 1984) "really embraced" All Tomorrows, which he believes might partially be due to the "myriad disasters" that have happened in the world since then. The book has received some scholarly attention; in 2020, All Tomorrows was among the works discussed in Jörg Matthias Determann's book Islam, Science Fiction and Extraterrestrial Life, which explores astrobiology and science fiction in the Muslim world. Following the upload of an abridged version of the book's story by YouTuber Alt Shift X in June 2021, All Tomorrows saw a particular surge in popularity online during the summer of 2021. Among other things, there was a surge of internet memes based on the book, primarily on YouTube and Twitter, as well as fan art based on the creatures in the book. Readers have characterized All Tomorrows as "bizarre", "inexplicable", "interesting", and "fascinating", and as a work incorporating body horror. Ivan Farkas of Cracked.com called All Tomorrows "existentially freak-ay" in 2021 and described the artwork as "otherwordly". A 2022 article by Andrea Viscusi on the Italian media website Stay Nerd compared All Tomorrows to Man After Man (1990) by Dougal Dixon, also a work tackling future human evolution, but found the depictions in All Tomorrows to be "even more disturbing", yet still possible on an "almost subliminal level" to "recognize as our fellow men". In a 2022 article in the lifestyle magazine A Little Bit Human, Allia Luzong considered All Tomorrows to be a "fun exploration of what could be" but also a serious work with serious themes, particularly noting how humanity's social ills are present throughout the narrative. Kösemen stated in 2021 that though the book had grown popular, he had almost "disowned" All Tomorrows, finding parts of it "a bit cringey". When designing his website and including his different books and projects, Kösemen purposefully left out All Tomorrows. Following the summer of 2021, he has since added the book to his website and intends to eventually publish All Tomorrows in physical form with new text and illustrations. By 16 October 2022, Kösemen had written the expanded version up until the Qu's conquest of the galaxy. Kösemen stated that the material up until that point amounted to 200 pages, almost twice the length of the entire original book. Kösemen continues to work on the expanded version as of 2024. In April 2024 he has announced the release of a physical copy of the book, but only in Thai language. Although being the original version of the book, it is stated to comprehend a few illustrations made by other artists and a new chapter, with various informations about the species. This new chapter is only available in Thai. At the same time, Kösemen has also stated that he is continuing his work on the new version of the book, that has now reached nearly over 300 pages, with still many species to talk about. Every species has now a deeper lore, and new major plot twists have been added.
== See also == Transhuman Posthuman Biopunk All Yesterdays (2012) by John Conway, Darren Naish and Kösemen – a similarly titled book on paleoart, co-authored by Kösemen. Man After Man (1990) by Dougal Dixon – a similar book about (human) speculative evolution
== References ==
== External links == All Tomorrows – original 2006 PDF version of the book Все Грядущие дни – 2009/2010 Russian translation of All Tomorrows by Pavel Volkov An "abridged" retelling on YouTube – by Alt Shift X, recommended by C. M. Kösemen himself (see pinned comment) All Tomorrows - 2023 Italian translation of All Tomorrows by D. Lombardo All Tomorrows - 2023 Czech translation All Tomorrows by J. Dubánek All Tomorrows - 2022 French translation All Tomorrows by Lucas G. Blanchard All Tomorrows at IMDb