Everything Matters

by Ron Currie, Jr. · 2009

Junior Thibodeau is born with a unique burden: he knows exactly when and how the world will end—a comet impact when he is thirty-six. Growing up in rural Maine during the 1980s and 1990s, Junior grapples with the existential question of whether his actions have meaning in a doomed world. The narrative follows his life through family struggles, his brother's baseball career, and his relationship with his love, Amy, while an unexplained voice in his head provides commentary. Blending science fiction, domestic drama, and dark humor, the novel explores themes of morality, love, and human resilience, ultimately suggesting that despite the certainty of death, everything matters.