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Adam Trexler led the way, of course, publishing "Anthropocene Fictions" with UVA Press in 2015. [http://www.upress.virginia.
Subtitled "The Novel in a Time of Climate Change," the book was widely reviewed and read in academic circles worldwide. Trexler looked at 150 novels with strong climate change themes and came away impressed with the cli-fi genre, even mentioning the new coinage in the introduction.
Dr Heather Sullivan, a professort at Trinity University in Texas and the author of ''The Cambridge Introduction to Literature and the Environment," was impressed with Trexler's work, writing: ''As an extremely timely contribution to the urgent discussions of climate change and culture in the Anthropocene, 'Anthropocene Fictions' deserves high praise for carefully documenting the longer history of climate change novels as well as projecting forward into the uncertain futures of postapocalyptic writings. Trexler’s provocative theory of 'eco-nomics,' or the inextricably intertwined aspects of ecological and economic choices made in our industrial cultures as we navigate rising waters and rising costs in the 21st Century, is one with wide relevance for anyone interested in the cultural impact of global environmental change."
These books have not been written yet, but I do envision and anticipate their publication over the next 10-15 years, some from Britain, some from Canada and the USA and some from Australia as well.Who will be writing them? Mostly academics and literary critics, but also journalists, media critics and cultural observers. Maybe you?
Here's my tentative list:
"Cli-Fi, Sci-Fi, We All Cry, The End is Nigh: What Cli-Fi Novels Say Aboout the Anthropocene"
"Climate Fictions, Climate Frictions: A Global Warning From Novels and Movies"
"From Trump to Paris: Cli-Fi Novels Explore The Future of Humankind"
"Anthropocene Arguments: How Cli-Fi Changed the Way Novelists Approach Global Warming Issues"
"The Power of Cli-Fi: The 'On The Beach' of Climate Change Has Yet to Be Written"
Here's my tentative list:
"Cli-Fi, Sci-Fi, We All Cry, The End is Nigh: What Cli-Fi Novels Say Aboout the Anthropocene"
"Climate Fictions, Climate Frictions: A Global Warning From Novels and Movies"
"From Trump to Paris: Cli-Fi Novels Explore The Future of Humankind"
"Anthropocene Arguments: How Cli-Fi Changed the Way Novelists Approach Global Warming Issues"
"The Power of Cli-Fi: Has The 'On The Beach' of Climate Change Yet to Be Written?"
"To Live or Die in the Age of Cli-Fi: An Exploration of a 21st Century Genre"
''A Peaceable Kingdom: In Search of Cli-Fi Visions"
"Turning Cli-Fi Studies into Climactic Moments: The Rise of Cli-Fi in the 21st Century"
"Cli-Fi Nights, Cli-Fi Flights: Kingsolver, Rich and Robinson in These Times"
"How Novels Can Save the Planet: The Rise of Cli-Fi in an Age of Hope and Despair"
''Utopian Visions, Climate Divisions: The Rise of Cli-Fi in a Pivotal Time"
"Faith and Love in an Age of Cli-Fi"
''The Genre Wars: Sci-fi, Cli-fi and America"
''The Battle of the Climate Genres: How Cli-Fi is Replacing Sci-Fi in the 21st Century"
"Cli-Fi: The Road to Ruin, the Road to Redemption"
"Cli-Fi: Nature or Nurture in the Anthrozoic Era"
""The Rise of Cli-Fi in an Era of Resistance and Reordering"
"Cli-Fi: Feast or Famine in the Anthrocene"
"Cli-Fi: Getting from There to Here"
"Climapocalypse or Bust: The Rise of Cli-Fi in an Age of Climate Illiteracy"
"Who Reads Cli-Fi and Why: An Inquiry Into a 21st Century Genre"
[Feel free to ADD your own imagined titles here too, in the comments below.]
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