Are Literary Critics Getting Behind the ''Cli-fi'' Term as a Subgenre of Sci-fi? Yes they are!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2017! Big year coming up with Kim Stanley Robinson's publication of major cli-fi novel titled ''NEW YORK 2140'' set in near future of 2140 with NYC half submerged under ocean water as sea levels have risen BUT New Yorkers remain in skyscrapers and soldier on! Comedy? Satire? Cli-Fi? Pub date in March 14, 2017 and this will be a big one.

Are Literary Critics
Getting Behind
the ''Cli-fi'' Term as a Subgenre of Sci-fi?
Yes, they are!

An Oped by Staff Writer and Agencies

Are Literary Critics
Getting Behind
the ''Cli-fi'' Term as a Subgenre of Sci-fi?

Yes, slowly but surely, they are! And not just in the USA and Canada, but also in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Italy, Finland, Brazil, Mexico and Spain, among dozens of other nations worldwide.

Among them in recent years are:

Michael Berry,
Jason Mark,
A.L. Brady,
Jonathan Sturgeon,
Rodge Glass,
Richard Perez-Pena,
Claire Vaye Watkins,
Kim Stanley Robinson,
Ben Goldfarb,
Angela Evancie,
Mahvesh Murad,
Margaret Atwood,
Alison Flood,
Pilita Clark,
Karen Hardy,
Cat Sparks,
Yann Quero,
Jean-Marc Ligny,
Bruno Arpaia,
Liz Jensen,
Meg Little Reilly,
Charlene D'Avanzo,
David Thorpe,
Rio Fernandes,
James Bradley,
Alvaro Soto,
Sarah Stankorb,
Catherine LaLonde,
Spencer Robins,
James Sullivan,
Laura Galdeano,
Ed Wright,
Ron Meador,
Adeline Johns-Putra,
David Holmes,
Ryan Mizzen,
Bahar Topcu,
Missy Higgins,
and Sarah Holding, among others.