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Greenies

I wrote “Greenies” because of my sense of anger, bordering on hopelessness, at the lack of serious action to tackle the causes of climate change. Yet I wanted to write a novel which would be readable, compelling, and not didactic. Setting it in the near future, in the year 2030, seemed like a way of exploring possible climate impacts, yet in a world which a reader can still recognise as theirs. The disastrous flood of London, which takes place three years before the central narrative, is caused mainly by a spring tide combining with a storm surge, but rising sea levels will contribute to the danger of such an event.

The group of activists at the core of the novel reflect my own experiences and frustrations with environmentalism, but ...more

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Andrew Hanson I wrote “Greenies” because of my sense of anger, bordering on hopelessness, at the lack of serious action to tackle the causes of climate change. Yet …moreI wrote “Greenies” because of my sense of anger, bordering on hopelessness, at the lack of serious action to tackle the causes of climate change. Yet I wanted to write a novel which would be readable, compelling, and not didactic. Setting it in the near future, in the year 2030, seemed like a way of exploring possible climate impacts, yet in a world which a reader can still recognise as theirs. The disastrous flood of London, which takes place three years before the central narrative, is caused mainly by a spring tide combining with a storm surge, but rising sea levels will contribute to the danger of such an event.(less)

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