Books: John Scalzi on writing the future during the age of Trump; L.A. murals, lost and found; a review of Michael Robbins' erudite criticism

Hello readers! I’m Carolyn Kellogg, books editor at the L.A. Times. Here’s what you’ll find in our pages this week:

THE BIG STORY

“How do science fiction writers trying to build dystopias in their fiction compete with a real world where the United States government is actively denying climate change...