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Tentacle, Rita Indiana

Eco-Fiction Posted on February 5, 2019 by MWPFebruary 5, 2019

Rita Indiana’s Tentacle (originally published in Spanish as La mucama de Omicunlé) is a speculative text that has as much to say about the future as it does about the present. While the novel is set in the Dominican Republic in the … Read more

FKA USA, Reed King

Eco-Fiction Posted on November 11, 2018 by MWPNovember 11, 2018

WB buys rights to new dystopia series, FKA USA, that imagines a fallen United States after climate change and “the final president.” –Den of Geek Reed King’s amazingly audacious novel is something of a cross between L. Frank Baum’s The … Read more

Voice of the Elders, Greg Ripley

Eco-Fiction Posted on August 1, 2018 by MWPAugust 1, 2018

In the near future, the ravages of a warming planet have worsened, driving a new era of climate refugees. Rohini Haakonsen, a young Indian-American woman, attends a UN conference on the problem when humanoid aliens materialize. Known as the Elders, … Read more

Back to the Garden, Clara Hume

Eco-Fiction Posted on July 28, 2018 by MWPNovember 30, 2018

Back to the Garden is in its 2nd edition (Dragonfly Publishing, 2018), launching the new Wild Mountain series. Clara Hume’s speculative ecofiction, Back to the Garden, is told from the perspective of a group of “tipping point” survivors–a generation of … Read more

Glass and Gardens, Solarpunk Summers, Sarena Ulibarri et al.

Eco-Fiction Posted on May 15, 2018 by MWPJuly 27, 2018

Solarpunk is a type of optimistic science fiction that imagines a future founded on renewable energies. The seventeen stories in this volume are not dull utopias—they grapple with real issues such as the future and ethics of our food sources, … Read more

Stealing Air, Ralph Walker

Eco-Fiction Posted on March 25, 2018 by MWPJune 10, 2018

Stealing Air is the second in the Rising Waters Series of near future short stories. Similar to Black Mirror or Close Encounters before it, this episodic anthology follows everyday characters into a world challenged by accelerating technology and inevitable climate … Read more

The Devil’s Highway, Gregory Norminton

Eco-Fiction Posted on January 20, 2018 by MWPJanuary 20, 2018

An ancient route links Britain’s deep past and far future in an ecologically aware tale spanning thousands of years –The Guardian Spanning centuries, and combining elements of historical and speculative fiction with the narrative drive of pure thriller, this is … Read more

Hummingbird Salamander, Jeff VanderMeer

Eco-Fiction Posted on January 14, 2018 by MWPJanuary 14, 2018

I will update this once the cover has been released, and the book information has synced, on Goodreads. I’m really looking forward to this novel! Note that no date has been released yet. Some teasers: Earlier today, Publisher’s Lunch announced … Read more

Ice, Anna Kavan

Eco-Fiction Posted on December 11, 2017 by MWPDecember 11, 2017

Anna Kavan’s novel “Ice,” a fantasia about predatory male sexual behavior that takes place during an apocalyptic climate catastrophe, was first published fifty years ago. (An anniversary edition has just been released by Penguin Classics.) It was the last novel … Read more

Weatherfronts, Sarah Butler et al.

Eco-Fiction Posted on December 11, 2017 by MWPDecember 11, 2017

As Peter Gingold, Director, Tipping Point, says: “This most grandiose and abstract subject is experienced at a very personal level, making its demands on the way we live with partners – or with friends, neighbours and communities. This must be … Read more

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