io9's Maddie Stone's COP21-related 7 important cli-fi novels worth putting on your to-read reading list

io9's Maddie Stone's COP21-related 7 important cli-fi novels
well worth putting on your to-read reading list


INTRODUCTION by io9's Maddie Stone:

A world ravaged by climate change is hard to imagine—but that world could be in our future, unless we do a better job of imagining it now. So we’re lucky that some of our most talented novelists have tackled the challenge of depicting a [climapocalyptical pre-post-apocalypsicle.]

 

There’s a [new] genre of [literature and cinema] taking on the literary world. Call it... “cli-fi" -- or don’t label it at all, if you prefer. This emerging genre features worlds like our own and futures not-too-distant, where a carbon-loaded atmosphere has caused the planet’s thermostat to go haywire, and societies are grappling with the consequences.

Here are 7 novels that show the real terrifying prospect of climate change: [1-7]

​​''Breathe'' by Sarah Crossan

''Gold Fame Citrus'' by Claire Vaye Watkins

''The Windup Girl'' by Paolo Bacigalupi

''2312'' by KSR

​''Oryx and Crake'' by Margaret Atwood

​''Odds Against Tomorrow'' by Nat Rich

​''The Water Knife'' by Paolo Bacigalupi

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http://io9.com/7-great-books-that-show-how-terrifying-an-environmental-1745804873