Proxi

A Utopia of the End Times 2024  

Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis winner in 2025,

Nominations:  SERAPH 2025 , Krefelder Preis für Fantastische Literatur 2025, Deutscher Science Fiction Preis

Proxi is a virtual reality that makes a second life with a new identity possible. When a virus destroys this virtual reality, it's the end of the world for many people: Parts of their lives, their selves, are extinguished forever.

The trans woman Monae, the e-athlete Kawi, and Dion, a AI in a biosynth body, want their lost world back. Together they embark on a quest for the hidden back-up copy of Proxi. Their road trip in a solar-powered camper takes them through a landscape, Proto, that was altered through a climate crisis and biohacking. On their trip, they encounter several communities, the Elders, the Solar Trolls, and a theater troupe, who are trying to create something new for themselves. They also encounter new plants and animals: The landscape that was changed by the climate catastrophe lives, and it's worthwhile to fight for it.

It quickly becomes clear that they need to trust each other to survive; that in order to reach their goal, they have to depend on each other. But not everyone has the same goal or wants to survive.…  

I have seen the future of German science fiction. -- Horst Illmer

praise for Proxi: 

Judith Madera auf Literatopia: 

A disturbing yet touching novel about what comes after the polycrisis, full of small utopian moments, hope, and empathy.

Horst Illmer im Phantastisch Magazine:

After reading "Proxi", Aiki Mira's most refined and ambitious creation to date, we may be able to imagine [the] future just a little bit better 

KI Punk, Klima-Kollaps und mikro Utopien:

"'Spoko, frumii, magniv!' And I believe this is what it feels like when a whole world dissolves at its edges 

Essay by Aiki Mira about Proxi and Post Climate Fiction:  Über das Ende hinausschreiben: Post-Climate-Fiction und Post-Zukunft