Climate Change Fiction

[close] A nature/environmental-themed virtual book club meeting once a month on Zoom. We alternate between reading nonfiction and fiction. Join us and learn more about the earth we call home! 🍃💧🐛🦋🌾

[close] Critically exploring the feminist and speculative edges of sci and cli fi, for possibly better futures, with occasional pankakes.

[close] The term "Climate Fiction" (CF) was first used by Australian novelist James Bradley in 2010 on his online blog Cityoftongues, where he claimed that realistic novels are “hopelessly inadequate” to discuss the implications of climate change, for they would violate the urgency and difficulty of the problem for the sake of coherence. In CF, climate crisis occur in what literary critic Darko Suvin calls novums: fictional worlds validated by cognitive logic. Usually, CF depicts extremely dystopian scenarios characterised by the anthropogenic nature of the environmental threats, which will eventually lead to an apocalyptic scenario. Climate Fiction is at the core of my PhD project at University of Ferrara and I would love to discuss instances of CF with all members of the club.

[close] Common reading creates community among first-year students and across campus. Each year, incoming students are presented with an engaging book that will be the focus of a campus-wide discussion. This year's book is Clade by author James Bradley. We are excited to have the opportunity to connect with you about this book, and we look forward to hearing your thoughts! Check out our website for more info: https://fyp.uoregon.edu/common-read