Blackfish City is a remarkably urgent—and ultimately very hopeful—novel about political corruption, organized crime, technology run amok, the consequences of climate change, gender identity, and the unifying power of human connection. Goodreads Review Back to GoodReads
Read MoreBeasts of Extraordinary Circumstances, Ruth Emmie Lang
There was a strange, enchanted boy. In Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance, a wistful fantasy by Columbus author Ruth Emmie Lang, Weylyn Grey touches the life of many, human and beast, in his odyssey. –Ohio.com Orphaned, raised by wolves, and the proud owner of a horned pig named Merlin, Weylyn Grey […]
Read MoreWide As the Wind, Edward Stanton
Click here to return to the series The global novel exists, not as a genre separated from and opposed to other kinds of fiction, but as a perspective that governs the interpretation of experience. In this way, it is faithful to the way the global is actually lived–not through the […]
Read MoreInterview with Patricia J. Anderson
I had the pleasure of talking with Patricia J. Anderson, author of Threshold, recently published by Common Deer Press. This month’s interview comes from the perspective and lives of other species, providing a fresh outlook in the field of eco-fiction. Thanks to Patricia and Common Deer Press for the opportunity […]
Read MoreThe Water Cure, Sophie Mackintosh
There is a house on an island, alone by the sea. Inside live three girls, Grace, Lia and Sky, with their parents Mother and King. Outside, beyond the sea and the horizon, there is a “toxin‑filled world”. To understand what toxins are, and indeed for their knowledge of everything else, […]
Read MoreIn Search of Staria
Author: © Peagum Coleman Publication Date: March 2018 Type: Fiction Ordering: Amazon Back to the Dragonfly Library Chapter 8 Victoria Snow’s Flat, Bristol Wednesday 22nd August 5.00 p.m. The Old Man awoke, instantly aware that something was about to happen. He sniffed the air and recognised a familiar scent. He […]
Read More2 Degrees
Author: © Bev Prescott Publication Date: September 11, 2018 Publisher: Bywater Books Type: Fiction Ordering: Bywater Books, Amazon Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, Website Chapter 7, Scene 1 THE SOLDIER TORE EVE FROM SHARON’S GRASP. “No!” Sharon strained to hear the words her wife mouthed, I love you. Her own […]
Read MoreGods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, Kelly Robson
In 2267, Earth has just begun to recover from worldwide ecological disasters. Minh is part of the generation that first moved back up to the surface of the Earth from the underground hells, to reclaim humanity’s ancestral habitat. She’s spent her entire life restoring river ecosystems, but lately the kind […]
Read MorePeculiar Savage Beauty, Jessica McCann
American meteorologists rated the Dust Bowl the number one weather event of the twentieth century. And as they go over the scars of the land, historians say it was the nation’s worst prolonged environmental disaster. -Timothy Egan, The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great […]
Read MoreGlass 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 utopias—they grapple with real issues such as the future and ethics of our food sources, the connection between technology and nature, and the interpersonal conflicts […]
Read MoreSolarpunk – Histórias ecológicas e fantásticas em um mundo sustentável, Gerson Lodi-Ribeiro
Updated: Coming in August 2018 is the English translation. Imagine a sustainable world, run on clean and renewable energies that are less aggressive to the environment. Now imagine humanity under the impact of these changes. This is the premise Brazilian editor Gerson Lodi-Ribeiro proposed, and these authors took the challenge […]
Read MoreSolarpunk: Ecological and Fantastical Stories in a Sustainable World, Fábio Fernandes
Click here to return to the series One of the things eco-fiction is concerned about is the environmental destruction of the planet. Global eco-fiction lifts the gaze above the norm and into a worldly perspective in which authors and artists understand that ecological collapse is both a global concern and […]
Read MorePart XX. Authors Who Tackle Climate Change in Fiction–John KixMiller & Team
Back to the series Several months ago I became enamored by a multi-media project–Protectors of the Wood. John KixMiller, the author of the series, works with a team of artists and musicians who beautifully capture the novels with artistic illustrations and supplement the novels with a podcast for each episode. […]
Read MoreCode Blue
Author: © Marissa Slaven Publication Date: April 22, 2018 Publisher: Moon Willow Press Type: Fiction Ordering: Amazon Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, Website, Podcast Excerpt — July Three splintering blasts, followed by a short pause, repeated twice more. My ears are still ringing and, shading my eyes with my hand, […]
Read MoreDyed in the Green (series): Wood Buffalo
Author: © George Mercer Publication Date: June 17, 2016 Type: Fiction Ordering: Amazon Social Media: Facebook, Twitter Prologue The willows lashed at his face as Charlie struggled through the snow, weighed down by the ice quickly encasing his tattered snow boots. Despite the freezing temperature, a steady stream […]
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