From the author: One man, one planet, one destiny William Hatchett’s new novel, The Chosen, is a cosmic romp through space and time This is science fiction with a difference. The time machine in Hatchett’s novel is decorated with Willam Morris wallpaper and equipped with a drinks cabinets furnished with […]
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I just found this book the morning after seeing Monty Python’s live reunion. This book was first published last year, but a new paperback version comes out August 19th, 2014. See Slant Magazine for one review, which states: Keith Mabbut, the protagonist of Michael Palin’s second novel, The Truth, represents, […]
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An “unputtabledownable” fact based drama, set in the Thames London estuary as global warming floods the coastal margins and billions of people worldwide grudgingly migrate to higher ground. What happens to London also occurs in New York and all coastal settlements. Goodreads Reviews Back to GoodReads
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The future is bleak in the year 2102. The planet is in chaos and the weather patterns have completely shifted, turning most of the world into an uninhabited wasteland. Sixteen-year-old Maya has a gift, a power she thinks can heal the earth and make it habitable again. Goodreads Reviews Back […]
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Morgan Nyberg is the author of a few titles, including two novels thus far in his Raincoast Saga. Intrigued by these books being set where I live, albeit far in the future, I asked Morgan for an interview and he politely agreed. For the record, I greatly enjoyed reading both […]
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Just published in July 2014, a new environmental polemic: The year is 2393, and a senior scholar of the Second People’s Republic of China presents a gripping and deeply disturbing account of how the children of the Enlightenment, the political and economic elites of the so-called advanced industrial societies, entered […]
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The tradition of fiction about climate change goes way back–you could say all the way back to narratives of old that were spoken or written. The canon began before we knew more about our modern human-caused climate variations, even before sci-fi writers imagined such climate disasters. The Science Fiction Encyclopedia […]
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In The Practice of the Wild, Gary Snyder mentions Grandmother wisdom, the kind of sagacity that our grandmothers pass on to us. This etiquette-knowledge that we grow up with is often in confluence with other systems that tell us how to get ahead in the world—not how to maintain integrity. […]
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By guest author Don Buchanan, Virgin Islands Energy Office Media Information Specialist Christiansted, St. Croix Island populations may bear the brunt of negative effects of climate change more than other populations. So, it should be no surprise that some islands have not hesitated in efforts to convert to non-fossil fuel […]
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America is controlled by a corporate oligarchy known as the Water Cartel and warrior-priest Joey Hawke finds himself trapped between a mysterious geneticist amassing a clone army and a group of political fanatics convinced that a dead president will rise from his tomb to lead them to salvation. Goodreads Reviews […]
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These Pulitzer Prize-winning poems and essays by the author of No Nature range from the lucid, lyrical, and mystical to the political. All, however, share a common vision: a rediscovery of North America and the ways by which we might become true natives of the land for the first time. […]
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This intriguing political allegory – wrapped around a compelling love story with a side serving of slapstick – is a metaphorical treatment of the perennial battle between those who see Nature as an ally and others who want to rebuild her in their own image. Note that this will be […]
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A powerful literary thriller about a frighteningly near future where myth and adventure intersect. Dry weaves its fable around the lethal conflict between two families. Goodreads Reviews Back to GoodReads
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Maureen Bush has written four books, including the first two in the Veil of Magic series, The Nexus Ring and Crow Boy. Her books have been short listed for numerous awards including the Silver Birch and the Saskatchewan Diamond Willow. Goodreads Reviews Back to GoodReads
Read MoreDeadline: September 2, 2014 Submit to: editorial@creativetime.org Creative Time Reports has a call to artists for submissions. From the site: Reflecting the diversity of approaches and subjects undertaken by Creative Time Reports contributors, such pieces might take the form of photo-essays, videos, op-eds or poems (to name just a few […]
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