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Monday, June 25, 2018

An Interview with Kristen Simmons about cli-fi (and pirates!) at the 2018 Denver Comic-Con

An Interview with Kristen Simmons

June 25, 2018 8:57 p.m. This interview by Dagobot in Books

Pirates have inspired many a song, theme park ride, film & story. There was once an age where piracy upon the sea was rife, and where traveling from point A to point B was a peril-filled adventure. The world was a pretty unsafe place back in the day... well, it still is. Pacifica by Kristen Simmons is a pretty topical novel. I mean, it is a dystopian tale but the source material that is pulls from (Japanese-American internment camps, global warming, etc) is the now now. I didn’t know there was such a thing as Cli-Fi (Climate Fiction). That is to say: fictional books that somehow or someway bring real climate change science to the reader. Real science as a vehicle that can help us imagine and think about the “what ifs."

I got a chance to speak to Kristen at the Denver Comic-Con. We talked about sailing lessons, ''Cli-Fi'' and pirates.

Check the entire interview at the link here: https://soundcloud.com/poppundits/kristen-simmons-interview-from-denver-comic-con-2018

Be sure to check out Kristen's site: http://www.kristensimmonsbooks.com/

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piracy upon the sea was rife, and where traveling from point A to point B was a peril-filled adventure. The world was a pretty unsafe place back in the day... well, it still is. Pacifica by Kristen Simmons is a pretty topical novel. I mean, it is a dystopian tale but the source material that is pulls from (Japanese-American internment camps, global warming, etc) is the now now. I didn’t know there was such a thing as Cli-Fi (Climate Fiction). Fictional books that somehow or someway bring real climate change science to the reader. Real science as a vehicle that can help us imagine and think about the “what ifs."

I got a chance to speak to Kristen at the Denver Comic-Con. We talked about sailing lessons, CliFi & Pirates.

LISTEN to the entire interview (12 minutes audio) at the link here: https://soundcloud.com/poppundits/kristen-simmons-interview-from-denver-comic-con-2018