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Perhaps unadvisably, I'm following up a read of THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER with Poe's short story "The Masque of The Red Death," just to cover Climate Crisis, Dystopia, *and* Plague.
What are the Dystopian, Post-apocalyptic, or Climate Fiction novels that have had the most impact on you?
Here are my suggestions, and I'd love to hear yours:
🔹️LARK ASCENDING, Silas House. Devastating emotional depth for this genre, and a painfully beautiful lesson: the love that breaks us is the same love that mends us.
🔹️QUALITYLAND, Marc-Uwe Kling. Described as "darkly comic dystopian satire," this book is about the limits of rebranding, and the unforeseen consequences of data mining, propaganda, and our increasing dependence on technology.
🔹️HUMMINGBIRD SALAMANDER, Jeff VanderMeer. What if the canary in the coal mine to warn us about the tipping point for climate change is something small, something we might overlook?
🔹️ ZED, Joanna Kavenna. This is a wry satirical take on the very real dangers of giving corporations and the government way too much power, while the public ends up receiving less and less accountability. In this story, one must beware the algorithm.
🔹️I KEEP MY EXOSKELETONS TO MYSELF, Marisa Crane. How about some whip-smart writing, a precocious truth-telling child, and Queer resistance to the Surveillance State that keeps defining them as "non-standard?" Seems timely.
🔹️HARROW, Joy Williams. This author writes on another level, just a stunning, intelligent, and reflective dissection of the nature of humanity in the midst of environmental collapse.
🔹️THE LIGHT PIRATE, Lily Brooks-Dunn. Pure Climate Fiction which explores not just the physical effects of catastrophe, but also the emotional chaos it creates.
Perhaps unadvisably, I'm following up a read of THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER with Poe's short story "The Masque of The Red Death," just to cover Climate Crisis, Dystopia, *and* Plague.
What are the Dystopian, Post-apocalyptic, or Climate Fiction novels that have had the most impact on you?
Here are my suggestions, and I'd love to hear yours:
🔹️LARK ASCENDING, Silas House. Devastating emotional depth for this genre, and a painfully beautiful lesson: the love that breaks us is the same love that mends us.
🔹️QUALITYLAND, Marc-Uwe Kling. Described as "darkly comic dystopian satire," this book is about the limits of rebranding, and the unforeseen consequences of data mining, propaganda, and our increasing dependence on technology.
🔹️HUMMINGBIRD SALAMANDER, Jeff VanderMeer. What if the canary in the coal mine to warn us about the tipping point for climate change is something small, something we might overlook?
🔹️ ZED, Joanna Kavenna. This is a wry satirical take on the very real dangers of giving corporations and the government way too much power, while the public ends up receiving less and less accountability. In this story, one must beware the algorithm.
🔹️I KEEP MY EXOSKELETONS TO MYSELF, Marisa Crane. How about some whip-smart writing, a precocious truth-telling child, and Queer resistance to the Surveillance State that keeps defining them as "non-standard?" Seems timely.
🔹️HARROW, Joy Williams. This author writes on another level, just a stunning, intelligent, and reflective dissection of the nature of humanity in the midst of environmental collapse.
🔹️THE LIGHT PIRATE, Lily Brooks-Dunn. Pure Climate Fiction which explores not just the physical effects of catastrophe, but also the emotional chaos it creates.