Views Book Club A grim future We had a mixed response to The Dogs Stars, a post-apocalyptic novel that will soon hit our cinema screens, says Alison Flood THE New Scientist Book Club moved from a far-future space opera in July’s read, Claire North’s Slow Gods, to a much nearer future on Earth for August. Peter Heller’s The Dog Stars takes place after a flu pandemic has wiped out most of Earth’s population, and follows the story of Hig, a lonely pilot, his dog Jasper – and their somewhat problematic neighbour Bangley. …