David Rothman on ''the rise of cli fi as an important way to promote the writing of good novels within the genre"

 

 

''Point is, we’re not just talking about a word here. Just by coming up with a good, snappy description of the genre, the [cli-fi team] [worldwide] is promoting the writing of books within it.''

Another observer of the cli-fi meme has noted: "The term "cli-fi" has achieved solid standing in discussions of contemporary fiction, as many references suggest [at The Cli Fi Report link farm] and the 'cli-fi' horse is long out of the barn. In popular entertainment, it crystalizes our various concerns about what may await us and our children, it's effective and useful. [When, a while back,] I was interviewed on a TV station --a three-minute segment-- the interviewer's first question (she had not read my novel) was about the nature of "cli-fi" fiction. 'Cli-fi' is [now] established in the world...'