Symposium on Science Fiction and the Climate Crisis

Climate change opens up a powerful and disturbing new front in the hoary debate about whether "literature" includes a subcategory called "science fiction" or if instead "science fiction" includes a subcategory called "literature". The idea of a deviation from...

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Published in:Science-fiction studies 2018-11, Vol.45 (3), p.420-432
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Climate change
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Reliability
Science fiction & fantasy
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Summary:Climate change opens up a powerful and disturbing new front in the hoary debate about whether "literature" includes a subcategory called "science fiction" or if instead "science fiction" includes a subcategory called "literature". The idea of a deviation from the norm of reality--a novum--that seems so foundational to the idea of science fiction as genre becomes harder and harder to sustain in the face of the postnormal times in which they found themselves living.
ISSN:0091-7729
2327-6207
DOI:10.5621/sciefictstud.45.3.0420