Hi everyone,

I’m completely new to All Tomorrows. A friend recently told me about it, it caught my attention, and I went down the rabbit hole from there.

I know the original PDF has been available for free online for years. However, I recently saw a physical copy for sale at my local bookstore (the Wilton Square Books edition), and I started seriously considering buying it. I like the idea of owning a physical book, especially one that seems to have become such a cult classic.

While looking into it, I found out about All Tomorrows Redux, which is supposed to be a newer, more serious, expanded, and revised version that C.M. Kösemen has apparently been working on for a while. From what I’ve read, Redux aims to be more detailed, more polished, and closer to what the author would write today.

I’ve also come across comments saying that Kösemen has expressed some discomfort or mild dissatisfaction with the original version. Not in a “this is bad” way, but more in the sense that it was written earlier in his life and that he has grown since then. I don’t know how accurate or exaggerated those claims are, but they definitely added to my hesitation.

So now I’m a bit conflicted.

Is the current physical edition worth buying if I’m new to All Tomorrows? Or would it make more sense to wait for Redux, even though we don’t really know when it’s coming out? Has there been any indication that Redux will replace the current edition, or will both coexist as different versions? Also, is Redux meant to be a sequel or continuation of the original, or is it more of a full rewrite and expansion of the same concept?

What also confuses me is that the Wilton Square Books edition is new, yet Redux seems to be planned as a future release. It feels a bit strange to buy a book now when a more definitive version might be coming later. At the same time, that later version doesn’t even have a release date.

I’d love to hear your thoughts, especially from people who’ve read the PDF, own the physical edition, or have been following the Redux project more closely.

Thanks!