Utopia in Recent Climate Fiction: MaddAddam, MAEVA! and New York 2140

• Published in: Foundation (Dagenham) Vol. 49; no. 137; pp. 19 - 30
• Main Author: Milner, Andrew
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dagenham Science Fiction Foundation 01.01.2020
• Subjects: American literature; Anthropocentrism; Aquatic insects; Atwood, Margaret (1939- ); Canadian literature; Caribbean literature; Climate change; Coastal aquifers; Cosmopolitanism; Drought; Dunes; Ecocriticism; Environmentalism; Floods; Genetic engineering; Insect bites; Le Guin, Ursula K (1929-2018); Literary canon; Literary characters; Literary criticism; Literary devices; Logic; Narrative techniques; Permafrost; Plot (Narrative); Publishing; Publishing industry; Religion; Religious cults; Robinson, Kim Stanley; Science fiction & fantasy; Steppes; Storytelling; Tundra; Utopias; Websites

Utopia in Recent Climate Fiction: MaddAddam, MAEVA! and New York 2140 Although climate can be an important part of Actional scene setting, in science fiction it is also a constituent element of world-building - think, for example, of the frozen landscapes in Ursula Le Guin's The Left Hand of Da...