Monday, August 31, 2015

Cli-Fi Alert: ''DUNE'' at 50: ''Why the Groundbreaking Eco-Conscious Novel Is More Relevant Than Ever''

''DUNE'' at 50:  ''Why the Groundbreaking Eco-Conscious Novel Is More Relevant Than Ever''

By Steve Duffy at FLAVORWITE on August 31, 2015

http://flavorwire.com/535249/dune-at-50-why-the-groundbreaking-eco-conscious-novel-is-more-relevant-than-ever

TAKE HOME QUOTE:
''Nowadays, novels that concern life in extreme or altered climates are commonplace, and even have their own subgenre: “cli-fi.” IN FACT, Cli-Fi [see link at cli-fi.net ] has even been broached by literary darlings like Ian McEwan (Solar) and Margaret Atwood (the MaddAddam trilogy). And it’s not hard to understand the reasons for its growth as a sub-genre, spiking as it has with real life concerns about Earth’s ecological stability. This reality has shifted the timescale of traditional sci-fi works from the dystopian future (such as that in Dune) to the dystopian present. The flooding and/or desertification of major cities, leading to starvation, mass movement of people, and general catastrophe no longer seems a matter of fictitious distance....."

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