A False Argument on Climate Fiction
As readers of my posts know, I’m attentive to climate fiction, whether in the form of reading and reviewing or in exploring the efficacy of climate fiction to help readers…
Author: David Guenette
Climate Fiction Quickie: The Survival Game, Nicky Singer
I saw an announcement in the Climate Fiction Writers League newsletter last month (or whenever… times seems more and more elastic as I get older, but also more brittle, too,…
EVs are DOA, Haven’t You Heard?
This is critique of critics of EVs. This note is about the nonsense of EV nay-saying. Keep in mind, please, that this is not coming from a person in love…
Who is Lying? Those Who Say Fossil Fuel Companies Engage in Misinformation and Influence Campaigns against Renewable Energy, or Those Who Say Renewable Energy Advocates Have Pants on Fire?
Let me answer this obviously rhetorical question right up front: it is the fossil fuels industry that is a goddam liar. This conclusion isn’t a matter of cherry-picking information. Various internal…
Dear Josephine Manuscript off to the Editor… and a Kill Well Award!
Yay for me, at any rate, that my manuscript for Dear Josephine is handed off to my editor, although my editor may be having a different reaction altogether. Dear Josephine,…
Climate Fiction Quicky: The Deluge, by Stephen Markley
The Deluge is just that, a deluge of a book, clocking in at 880 pages, and there were plenty of times while reading the tome that I kept remembering that…
Done with Doomers
Perhaps I suffer from an undiagnosed case of an undesignated condition of climate anxiety. In Kill Well, the first book in my climate fiction series The Steep Climes Quartet, such…
The Fossil Fuel Industry is Our Enemy
There are many hundreds of thousands of Americans who make their living in work related to fossil fuels, and I’m not thinking of any of these as enemies. Heck, one…
Investing or Resting? The Inflation Reduction Act is Going Slow, at Least at the State Level
In my climate activist work, I’ve been trying to help others in my region learn about the potential direct and personal benefits the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act may hold for…
Climate Fiction Quicky: Weather, by Jenny Offill, is Terrific
Climate fiction, at least as a category, is getting to be a busy literary space, although you can find those who dismiss any genre writing as belonging anywhere near the…