Why Science Fiction Authors Need to Be Writing About Climate Change Right Now(tor.com)
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Why Science Fiction Authors Need to Be Writing About Climate Change Right Now
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I remember a story about new ice age, where all heat was used by domestic heat pumps. The author failed to notice that you can fight against that particular climate change by using more refrigerators.
I often think about how Isaac Asimov, perhaps the greatest of all science fiction writers, predicted in his Foundation trilogy that wilderness on Earth would be sacrificed by humanity to serve human wants and aspirations. The entire Earth, save the Imperial Palace, would be developed and urbanized. How sad.
Michael Crichton did this in State of Fear. It was page after page of graphs, graphs, more graphs, with long detailed explanations. It really put me off of reading his books.
“State of Fear” was an anti-climate change book, though, and honestly one of the most laughably awful novels I ever finished.
Ok, I'll put it out there... Fallen Angels by Niven and Pournelle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Windup_Girl