A Short Pre-History of Climate Fiction by Andrew Milner and J. R. Burgmann

A Short Pre-History of ''cli-fi''

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by Professor Andrew Milner and J. R. Burgmann  in Australia

Their paper argues that contemporary climate fiction is a not just a mere subgenre of science fiction, as some

pundits say, but also 

a distinct and separate genre, well, that's according to Dan Bloom, the coiner of the term and editor

at The Cli-Fi Report cli-fi.net

Climate fiction has increasingly become a matter for public commentary in

both scholarly and popular circles. In the media, the Taiwan-based blogger

and activist Dan Bloom has proven an indefatigable campaigner  on

behalf of “cli-fi,” a term he coined...!

.....Alongside 

academic debates, Bloom, Brian Merchant, and others have prosecuted a case

in mass media, including printed journalism, for cli-fi to be considered an

important new genre in its own right, neither sf nor conventionally “literary”

fiction. So subgenre, standalone genre? You decide...

For more, see their article...