Heart Wood, Shirley DicKard
Complete title: Heart Wood — Four Women, for the Earth, for the Future Heart Wood is a compelling family saga set in the foothills of … Read more
Category Archives: Speculative
Tales of Two Planets, John Freeman
Though not a book of just fiction, editor John Freeman compiled poetry, short fiction, and essays from some of the world’s best creative voices on … Read more
The Ministry for the Future, Kim Stanley Robinson
From the visionary, New York Times bestselling author of New York 2140 comes a near-future novel that is a gripping exploration of climate change, technology, … Read more
Bridge 108, Anne Charnock
Bridge 108 is a “disturbing, near-future novel” about a young climate refugee who is trafficked into slavery in the north of England. It is described by … Read more
Wolfe Island, Lucy Treloar
Part western, part lament for a disappearing world, Wolfe Island (set off the northeast coast of the US) is a transporting novel that explores connection and isolation … Read more
The Black Dwarves of the Good Little Bay, Varun Thomas Mathew
The sea has invaded its boundaries, and its inhabitants reside in a towering structure called the Bombadrome, which hovers above the barren land. Theirs is … Read more
Lagoon, Nnedi Okorafor
This is about Nigeria. Lagos Nigeria. It is about the people who live there and the culture and language that has arisen there from time … Read more
Tentacle, Rita Indiana
Rita Indiana’s Tentacle (originally published in Spanish as La mucama de Omicunlé) is a speculative text that has as much to say about the future as it … Read more
FKA USA, Reed King
WB buys rights to new dystopia series, FKA USA, that imagines a fallen United States after climate change and “the final president.” –Den of Geek … Read more
Voice of the Elders, Greg Ripley
In the near future, the ravages of a warming planet have worsened, driving a new era of climate refugees. Rohini Haakonsen, a young Indian-American woman, … Read more
Back to the Garden, Clara Hume
Back to the Garden is in its 2nd edition (Dragonfly Publishing, 2018), launching the new Wild Mountain series. Clara Hume’s speculative ecofiction, Back to the … Read more
Glass and Gardens, Solarpunk Summers, Sarena Ulibarri et al.
Solarpunk is a type of optimistic science fiction that imagines a future founded on renewable energies. The seventeen stories in this volume are not dull … Read more
Stealing Air, Ralph Walker
Stealing Air is the second in the Rising Waters Series of near future short stories. Similar to Black Mirror or Close Encounters before it, this … Read more
The Devil’s Highway, Gregory Norminton
An ancient route links Britain’s deep past and far future in an ecologically aware tale spanning thousands of years –The Guardian Spanning centuries, and combining … Read more
Ice, Anna Kavan
Anna Kavan’s novel “Ice,” a fantasia about predatory male sexual behavior that takes place during an apocalyptic climate catastrophe, was first published fifty years ago. … Read more