Tag: climate fiction
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Review: A Being Darkly Wise is sometimes thrilling, sometimes pendantic
Environmentalists and religious devotees share intense dedication to their causes, explored through characters in Atcheson’s psychological thriller, A Being Darkly Wise.
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Review: Emmi Itäranta’s ‘Memory of Water’ sings in the key of blue
Memory of Water explores a dystopian future where fresh water is controlled by a tyrannical regime, highlighting Noria’s complex choices and resilience.
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Review: ‘Grumbles’ is a bit of humor at the greens’ expense
The novel “Grumbles: Take A Pill” humorously tackles serious environmental issues, blending satire with an engaging storyline about climate change.
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Is Russell Crowe’s ‘Noah’ an allegory for climate change? (Review)
Darren Aronofsky’s film Noah reinterprets the biblical story, portraying Noah as a troubled leader reflecting on humanity’s destruction due to environmental negligence while incorporating modern moral themes aligned with climate awareness.
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Review: A Wrong Turn at the (Australian) Office of Unmade Lists
In this charming, but puzzling novel, Jane Rawson explores the Australian landscape post-climate change, which has become a fantastical world. I remember a lecture in a college philosophy class about a medieval scholastic who wrote that if you can imagine something, it’s possible for it to become real. The artist Picasso took the idea a…
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Review: Lisa Devaney’s ‘In Ark’ warns against a benign eco-ideology
Climate fiction explores dystopian futures shaped by climate change, with Devaney’s “In Ark” illustrating the dangers of isolationist ideologies.
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Review: ‘Fleet’ revives sci-fi’s nautical tradition
Science fiction’s nautical tradition, highlighted by Jules Verne and diminished by films like Waterworld, is rejuvenated by Andrew D. Thaler’s Fleet.
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Thoughts on the climate fiction genre from a writer and publisher
Mark Nykanen, author of Primitive, Carry the Flame, and other environmentally themed novels, and Mary Sands Woodbury, editor at Moon Willow Press, offered their thoughts on climate fiction and its future in publishing.
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Six rules for putting climate change into your fiction
Climate fiction focuses on long-term climate change impacts on society, rooted in science. Writers are encouraged to explore creativity without strict rules while maintaining relevance to Earth’s challenges.
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Is the story of Noah a divine warning on climate change?
The upcoming film “Noah,” starring Russell Crowe, offers a modern reinterpretation of the Biblical flood story, highlighting themes of climate change and humanity’s responsibility, igniting discussions on its relevance today.
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Review: Shackleton’s Man Goes South has a queer combination
Shackleton’s Man Goes South, while ambitious, combines fiction and non-fiction on climate change but ultimately falls short in execution and coherence.
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‘Cli-fi’ gains traction as new literary form
Dan Bloom discusses the emergence of “cli-fi” as a literary genre focusing on climate change, highlighting its growing popularity, the need for intelligent discourse, and its potential impact on environmental discussions and narrative forms.
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Climate fiction: Warming up to old ‘Cli-Fi’
The author revisits their unfinished novel “Carbon Run,” a cli-fi story exploring climate change’s effects, plans to revise it, and seeks reader input on favorite cli-fi tales.