“Gravid with the ancient future”: Cloud Atlas and the Politics of Big History Casey Shoop, Dermot Ryan SubStance, Volume 44, Number 1, 2015 (Issue 136), pp. 92-106 (Article) Published by Johns Hopkins University Press DOI: For additional information about this article Access provided by University of South Dakota (10 Nov 2018 22:24 GMT) https://doi.org/10.1353/sub.2015.0011 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/577274