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[–] einfach_orangensaft@feddit.de 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

if i remember right there is some deep lore behind this picture

[–] DeterminedBauhinia@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Man After Man, by Dougal Dixon. A book on a bleak future for humanity where we survive by modifying ourselves. Both creatures in the illustration had human ancestors.

https://archive.org/details/man-after-man

[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Kinda sounds like HG Wells the Time Machine with the Eloi and the Morlocks. With apparently the same amount of cannibalism. Weird that that happened twice.

EDIT: Just read the forward of Man After Man - the Time Machine is name dropped and quoted, and this seems to be a sequel of sorts?

EDIT 2: What is this book?