100. Ambrose Bierce wrote an early ''cli-fi'' short story titled ''FOR THE AKHOONED'' in 1909, believe it or not, and set it in the distant future of 4951. Professor Christian Chelebourg in France lobbed this news item over to us today in French and a big ''tip of the chapeau'' (hat tip) to him for it. See link:
http://northwardho.blogspot.tw/2015/10/in-1909-early-cli-fi-novella-by-ambrose.html
99. U.C. Santa Cruz politics professor Ronnie Lipschutz has organized a conference to think more optimistically about the future and replace popular interest in dystopia with more encouraging utopian visions, both past and present: http://news.ucsc.edu/2015/10/utopian-dreaming.html?ref=share
98. Claire Gardner in Australia has written a very insightful essay on the state of cli-fi today as part of a thesis she is working on at ANU -- Australian National University -- in Canberra. While most reviewers have bent over backwards to praise Nat Rich's ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW, Dr Gardner takes him to task for not standing for the very ideas he was writing about. Read her essay for that alone! : http://northwardho.blogspot.tw/2015/10/claire-gardner-on-apocalypse-is-easy.html
97. Edward L. Rubin, a law professor at Vanderbilt University, has written a debut cli fi novel titled THE HEATSTROKE LINE (see cover above and find it on Amazon or at www.edwardrubin.com
96. Did you know that French author Michael Houllebecq's last name, Houllebecq, is pronounced WELL-BECK. Yes! ''Submission'' was published in France, and now is translated to English by Lorin Stein.
95. COP21? If you're counting down to COP21 -- *XX* days and counting -- some say it will be a colossal FAIL and here's why: http://northwardho.blogspot.
94. Jessica George at UI in Bloomington, Illinois. tells us her course proposal for teaching #rhet-focused "Fables for Tomorrow: Representations of Climate Change [Cli-fi] in Pop Culture" has been accepted and start time is sometime soon! She is a PhD candidate and professor there.
93. Scott Thill @morphizm Retweeted Cartoon Brew/ Got the scoop on Ale Abreu's next #CliFi. Don't miss his dystopia, The Boy and the World, in Dec from @GKIDSfilms.
94. Peter Gould's new book, MARLY, cli fi humor and close ties with movie HER, is published by Green Writers Press in Verment, with a great studio interview with VPR, Vermont Public Radio. Flying down to Mexico where he teaches this time of year. Movie rights might be optioned. Stay "tuned."
http://digital.vpr.net/post/new-novella-broaches-climate-change-through-one-sided-conversation#stream/0
95. Emily Jackson, writing under the name of M. Jackson (''While Glaciers Slept '') is in Iceland as we speak and as a
https://mjacksonauthor.squarespace.com/blog-momentum/2015/10/29/update-on-m-jacksons-research-in-iceland94. Peter Gould's new book, MARLY, cli fi humor and close ties with movie HER, is published by Green Writers Press in Verment, with a great studio interview with VPR, Vermont Public Radio. Flying down to Mexico where he teaches this time of year. Movie rights might be optioned. Stay "tuned."
http://digital.vpr.net/post/new-novella-broaches-climate-change-through-one-sided-conversation#stream/0
95. Emily Jackson, writing under the name of M. Jackson (''While Glaciers Slept '') is in Iceland as we speak and as a
Fulbright scholar and researcher, sharing a glimpse of her work and travel in Höfn, Iceland, which she deems “cryosphere paradise,” as captured through Instagram.Emily is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Oregon and currently based in Iceland, through a U.S. Fulbright-National Science Foundation Arctic Research Grant, where she’s researching glacier/society relationships.You can follow her on Instagram at @mlejackson.
94. Eric Holthaus has written a speculative fiction cli-fi short story for MOTHERBOARD as the invitation of Brian Merchant: "Hypercane" at http://motherboard.vice.com/read/hypercane THIS COULD BECOME A BOOK if a savvy literary agent gives Eric a call. QUICK!
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