Whether you call your novel cli-fi or ecolit or sci-fi or spec-fic or weird/horror or SFF or whatever else floats your boat, go with your own instincts. Follow your own path.

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*QUESTION:  I have noticed there are many names for the type of fiction that is written about the environment and climate. I have come across terms like cli-fi, sci-fi, ecolit, climate change fiction, solarpunk and several more. And I have been wondering if we writers are all writing about the same/similar topics -- but maybe from different angles? Should there be one "name" for fiction that is about taking care of our planet? Any views on this?

**POSSIBLE ANSWER:  No, there should not be any one name for these kinds of novels, short stories, poems or movies. There should be many names, and there are. Choose the one that best fits your approach to these themes and which genre best fits your ideas. No one genre fits all sizes. There are many paths to choose. Go with what works for you.

Many literary critics and book reviewers worldwide have had some good thoughts about climate-themed narratives and early branding for global warning literature, and some have voiced concerned with the apparent failure of the novels (and the publishing world) in dealing with climate change.

All in all, literary genres are now blurred anyway when it comes to the overwhelming climate/environmental crises that affect our everyday life. No one label covers it all.

Authors and publishers will all have their own ideas. We should not brand such literature without recognizing the diversity and different labels that will help describe it.

So whether you call your novel cli-fi or ecolit or sci-fi or spec-fic or weird/horror or SFF or whatever floats your boat, go with your own instincts.

Follow your own path.