The Far Future: The Cal Wild Chronicles #4 : Written Backwards : 9780996149372 : 0996149376 : 11 Apr 2017 : Gene O'Neill's magnum opus of speculative fiction, The Cal Wild Chronicles, comes to a close with THE FAR FUTURE, a meta-novel with interconnecting tales that takes place shortly after-and also intertwine with-those in THE NEAR FUTURE and the rest of this colorful series.Collecting some of Gene's more recent works, such as memorable short stories like "Down on the 01 Level," where for a price one can transform into skins of past celebrities, "Nostalgia," in which full-body art is commonplace and sometimes useful when hiding from the law, and even "The Hungry Skull" (a love story), which takes place around an illegal histro-bistro where historical events are reenacted in 'deathplays' by actors and commonfolk alike, this final book in the series perhaps offers us warning glimpses into possible futures of our own, wherein prejudices and stereotyping might one day take us if we allow