Listen "Episode 62: Climate and Eco Fiction"
Episode Synopsis
It isn't just all over the news, it's all over the fiction: climate and ecology. Cli-Fi and eco-fiction are far more prevalent than Tana and I realized and went outside our boxes to read and discuss some dystopian and some more conventional fiction that deal with the environment.
Discussed:
The Light Pirate, by Lily Brooks-Dalton
The Morningside, by Téa Obreht
How High We Go In the Dark, by Sequoia Nagamatsu
The Last Murder at the End of the World, by Stuart Turton
Flight Behavior, by Barbara Kingsolver
Migrations, by Charlotte McConaghy
Devolution, by Max Brooks
Cloud Cuckoo Land, by Anthony Doerr
The Road, by Cormack McCarthy
The Beach House, by Mary Alice Monroe
Worst Case Scenario, by TJ Newman
Go As a River, by Shelley Read
Remarkably Bright Creatures, by Shelby Van Pelt
What Blooms From Dust, by James Markert
Discussed:
The Light Pirate, by Lily Brooks-Dalton
The Morningside, by Téa Obreht
How High We Go In the Dark, by Sequoia Nagamatsu
The Last Murder at the End of the World, by Stuart Turton
Flight Behavior, by Barbara Kingsolver
Migrations, by Charlotte McConaghy
Devolution, by Max Brooks
Cloud Cuckoo Land, by Anthony Doerr
The Road, by Cormack McCarthy
The Beach House, by Mary Alice Monroe
Worst Case Scenario, by TJ Newman
Go As a River, by Shelley Read
Remarkably Bright Creatures, by Shelby Van Pelt
What Blooms From Dust, by James Markert
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