The Cultural Futurist

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An Absurdist Plague Fantasy - Chatting it Up with Johnson Riggs

The first fantastical satire of COVID ever is... a dystopian comedy novel?

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Rachel Haywire
Jul 03, 2025
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Who is Johnson Riggs? For the uninitiated, he’s a philosopher-king in exile disguised as a novelist. If you’re been around these parts, you’ve probably heard about his dystopian fantasy book Pandemonia. It’s a fantastical satire of COVID and it’s utterly insane. With physical copies set to explode on July 4th, I took the time to sit down with Johnson an…

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