What to read this weekend: Celestial Lights and If Destruction Be Our Lot
This weekend's reading recommendations include Cecile Pin's novel Celestial Lights and the new Image Comics series If Destruction Be Our Lot. Celestial Lights explores themes of love, loss, and ambition through the story of Ollie, who leads a mission to Europa. If Destruction Be Our Lot features an Abraham Lincoln robot navigating a post-human world, blending dark humor with serious undertones.
- ▪Cecile Pin's Celestial Lights is a contemplative novel about a man chosen to lead a mission to Europa.
- ▪The narrative explores Ollie's memories and personal relationships against the backdrop of space exploration.
- ▪If Destruction Be Our Lot features an Abraham Lincoln robot grappling with his purpose in a world where humans have gone extinct.
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Entertainment What to read this weekend: Celestial Lights and If Destruction Be Our Lot By Cheyenne MacDonald May 16, 2026 5:00 pm EST Need something new for your reading list? This week, we recommend Cecile Pin's Celestial Lights and the new Image Comics series, If Destruction Be Our Lot. Celestial Lights Henry Holt and Co. Another melancholic narrative about love, loss and the consequences of human ambition, with space as the backdrop? Oops, I might have a type. Cecile Pin's Celestial Lights is a short and contemplative novel about Oliver Ines, or Ollie, a man who has always been drawn to the stars and is one day chosen to lead a 10-year mission to one of Jupiter's moons, Europa. It hops through time, following Ollie's memories across his life and weaving in logs from the mission.
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