Back cover blurb:
Despite the occasional upsurge of climate change scepticism among
Anglophone conservative politicians and journalists, there is still a near
consensus among climate scientists that current levels of atmospheric
greenhouse gas are sufficient to alter global weather patterns to
disastrous effect. The resultant climate crisis is simultaneously both a
natural and a socio-cultural phenomenon and in this book Milner and
Burgmann argue that science fiction occupies a critical location within
this nature/culture nexus. ''Science Fiction and Climate Change'' takes as its
subject matter what Dan Bloom has famously dubbed ‘cli-fi ’. It does not,
however, attempt to impose a prescriptively environmentalist aesthetic
on this SF sub-genre. Rather, it seeks to explain how a genre defined in
relation to science finds itself obliged to produce fictional responses
to the problems actually thrown up by contemporary scientific
research. Milner and Burgmann adopt a historically and geographically
comparatist framework, analyzing print and audio-visual texts drawn
from a number of different contexts, especially Australia, Britain, Canada,
China, Finland, France, Germany, Japan and the United States. Inspired
by Williams’s cultural materialism, Bourdieu’s sociology of culture and
Moretti’s version of world systems theory, the book builds on Milner’s
own ''Locating Science Fiction'' to produce a powerfully persuasive study in
the sociology of literature.
Anglophone conservative politicians and journalists, there is still a near
consensus among climate scientists that current levels of atmospheric
greenhouse gas are sufficient to alter global weather patterns to
disastrous effect. The resultant climate crisis is simultaneously both a
natural and a socio-cultural phenomenon and in this book Milner and
Burgmann argue that science fiction occupies a critical location within
this nature/culture nexus. ''Science Fiction and Climate Change'' takes as its
subject matter what Dan Bloom has famously dubbed ‘cli-fi ’. It does not,
however, attempt to impose a prescriptively environmentalist aesthetic
on this SF sub-genre. Rather, it seeks to explain how a genre defined in
relation to science finds itself obliged to produce fictional responses
to the problems actually thrown up by contemporary scientific
research. Milner and Burgmann adopt a historically and geographically
comparatist framework, analyzing print and audio-visual texts drawn
from a number of different contexts, especially Australia, Britain, Canada,
China, Finland, France, Germany, Japan and the United States. Inspired
by Williams’s cultural materialism, Bourdieu’s sociology of culture and
Moretti’s version of world systems theory, the book builds on Milner’s
own ''Locating Science Fiction'' to produce a powerfully persuasive study in
the sociology of literature.
"SCIENCE FICTION
AND CLIMATE CHANGE''
A Sociological Approach
by ANDREW MILNER
and J.R. BURGMANN
KEY FEATURES
• Develops a clear typology of climate fiction.
• Has a global perspective, giving the reader a clear
sense of where in the world climate fiction is emerging
and thriving.
MARCH 2020
Hardback | 9781789621723 | £80.00 / $120.00
Ebook | 9781789627527 | £80.00 / $120.00
240 pages, 239 x 163mm, 2 B&W illustrations
Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies, 63
AUTHOR INFORMATION
Andrew Milner is Professor Emeritus of English and
Comparative Literature at Monash University.
J.R. Burgmann is a PhD student in Creative Writing at
Monash University.
A comprehensive and thoroughly researched
survey of climate fiction
ANDREW WRITES
Dear Colleagues, Friends and Comrades,
Please find attached a promotional flyer and the book cover of my new book, Science Fiction and Climate Change, co-authored with J.R. Burgmann, which is due to be published in March by Liverpool UP. I should stress that the info on the back cover is a great deal more instructive than the short press release flyer.
I don't expect anyone in their right mind to shell out £80.00 or $US 120.00 for a private copy, but could you please consider asking your university library to purchase a copy?
Regards,
Andrew
--
Dr Andrew Milner
Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature
Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature
School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics
Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3800, Australia
Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3800, Australia
Honorary Professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies
Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies
University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 8UW, England
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