This novel of the future was originally created in response to a competition to submit novels of the future which emphasized problems of the environment and their solutions. The Snows of Summer has been updated to include events that have transpired since its original writing to act as a belated […]
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Interview with Dr. Richard L. Bailey, Author of Stormy
Dr. Richard L. Bailey, author of novel Stormy, granted us an interview about his studies in climate change and his inspiration for writing this novel. 1. What led you to write this novel? I wrote the novel to create images in people’s minds of what is very likely to happen […]
Read MoreCli-Fidelity, Peter Romilly
Set in 2050, Cli-Fidelity is the sequel to 500 Parts Per Million, although the story can be read independently. It’s a tale of climate instability, a world where four people try to survive whatever the extreme weather throws at them. Prepare for a bumpy ride. Cli-Fidelity is a nuclear reactor with […]
Read MoreStormy, Richard L. Bailey
Thanks to Richard L. Bailey, author of Stormy, for the cover and description. Where to buy: Stormy is available at The Last Century Book or in independent book stores. Description: Born in a raging snowstorm, Stormy grows up in a world of deniers, but comes to view climate change as […]
Read MoreTipping Point, Simon Rosser
With news recently out that the Arctic’s sea ice may be at its lowest ever recorded level following the summer 2011 melt season, Tipping Point is an adventure thriller that couldn’t be timelier. When eminent climatologist Dr Dale Stanton – in the process of studying the Atlantic Ocean’s Thermohaline Circulation […]
Read MoreThe Sheep Look Up, John Brunner
Fast-paced, kaleidoscopically comprehensive view of a near future rife with looming ecological dangers and possibly about to be saved by an underground revolutionary movement–if its leader can survive the hostility of vested interests to deliver his message of hope. An enduring classic, this book offers a dramatic and prophetic look at […]
Read MoreThe Greenland Breach, Bernard Besson
Experience the eco-thriller at a whole new level in this cli-fi spy novel. What is the real impact of global warming? This stylish thriller about climate change and its consequences couldn’t be more topical. Espionage, intrigue, and behind-the-scenes struggles for natural resources combine with French freelance spies and Bond-like action […]
Read MoreThe Swan Book, Alexis Wright
The Swan Book is set in the future, with Aboriginals still living under the Intervention in the north, in an environment fundamentally altered by climate change. It follows the life of a mute young woman called Oblivia, the victim of gang-rape by petrol-sniffing youths, from the displaced community where she […]
Read MoreInterview with Peter Romilly, Author of 500 Parts Per Million
We were very fortunate to hear from Scottish author Peter Romilly, who wrote 500 Parts Per Million, a title we recently listed here. His sequel Cli-Fidelity will be published soon. Peter was an economics teacher and researcher for many years, but now writes novels. His fiction focuses on one of […]
Read MoreNot a Drop to Drink, Mindy McGinnis
Fans of classic frontier survival stories, as well as readers of dystopian literature, will enjoy this futuristic story where water is worth more than gold. With evocative, spare language and incredible drama, danger, and romance, Mindy McGinnis depicts one girl’s journey in a frontierlike world not so different from our […]
Read MoreLighthouse Island, Paulette Jiles
Paulette Jiles, the bestselling author of the highly praised novels The Color of Lightning, Stormy Weather, and Enemy Women, pushes into new territory with Lighthouse Island—a captivating and atmospheric story set in the far future—a literary dystopian tale resonant with love and hope. In the coming centuries the world’s population has exploded. The […]
Read More500 Parts Per Million, Peter Romilly
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Read MoreSeaBEAN, Sarah Holding
On her 11th birthday in 2018, Alice finds a mysterious black box on the beach. She discovers it’s called a C-Bean and imagines it belongs to her. Together with her five schoolmates – the only children on the newly re-inhabited remote island of St Kilda – they soon realise it […]
Read MoreOctober 19 – Tony White, Climate Fiction Author, at Ilkley Literature Festival
Tony White, author of Shackleton’s Man Goes South, along with Andy Challinor, will speak at the Ilkley Playhouse Wharfside Saturday, October 19, at 1:30 pm. Science at the Cutting Edge From the site: Tony White discusses his novel Shackleton’s Man Goes South – an evocation of a bleak post-melt world […]
Read MoreThe Man with Compound Eyes, Wu Ming-Yi
When a tsunami sends a massive island made entirely of trash crashing into the Taiwanese coast, two very different people—an outcast from a mythical island and a woman on the verge of suicide—are united in ways they never could have imagined. Here is the English-language debut of a new and […]
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