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When it comes to writing I have wide interests. I hope that is not simply another way of declaring that I’m shallow and pretentious. The beauty about writing is that the writer can say whatever he or she (or xe, for the gender non-affixed) wants to about his or her (or xer) own work, but it is the reader that has the real say.

Other Writing

Climate Fiction Quickies: Snowflake: A Novel, by Arthur Jeon; Denial, a Novel, Jon Raymond; The Great Transition, by Nick Fuller Googins

Here are three more climate fiction novels reviewed. Two of them are terrific: Snowflake, by Arthur Jeon, and The Great Transition, by Nick Fuller Googins. Denial, a Novel, Jon Raymond,…

By David GuenetteFebruary 7, 2024Leave a comment
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Climate Fiction Quickies: A Friend of the Earth, T. C. Boyle; The Forcing, Paul E. Hardisty; Altar to an Erupting Sun, Chuck Collins

I read climate fiction—a would-be genre that covers a lot of ground—and I post reviews of such books when I get around to it. What is interesting about these three…

By David GuenetteJanuary 26, 2024February 1, 2024Leave a comment
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We Have to Pay for Fixing the Greenhouse Gases Crisis: The Climate Fight in All of Its Complexities and Confusion about Costs… and Politics

Like it or not, cost is a big deal when it comes to resolving climate change, and the cost is high, but the climate progress movement doesn’t like to talk…

By David GuenetteNovember 24, 2023December 6, 2023Leave a comment
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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…

By David GuenetteNovember 14, 2023February 1, 2024Leave a comment
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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,…

By David GuenetteNovember 9, 2023Leave a comment
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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…

By David GuenetteNovember 6, 2023Leave a comment
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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…

By David GuenetteOctober 13, 2023Leave a comment
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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…

By David GuenetteSeptember 25, 2023September 25, 2023Leave a comment
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Climate Change Fiction: An Academic Perspective

I’m writing a multi-part series of posts on climate fiction, and usually these posts briefly discuss such titles. Here’s a step back to provide a wider context, stealing heavily from…

By David GuenetteSeptember 19, 2023June 3, 2025Leave a comment
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Keeping Pace with Reality in Climate Fiction

One persistent challenge that I faced in writing Kill Well was keeping up with climate change realities. There were a number of times over the several years of manuscript work…

By David GuenetteAugust 27, 2023June 3, 2025Leave a comment

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The Steep Climes Quartet
  • Climate Change and the Human Condition
  • Writing Villains on Both Sides in Climate Fiction
  • Why We Write: A look back at why the heck I’m writing a four-book climate fiction series
  • Climate Change in the Berkshires: Wednesday, September 24, 6:00 p.m., at David and Joyce Milne Public Library
  • The Complex Dynamics of Electricity Costs: Navigating Renewable Integration, Infrastructure Strain, and Policy Shifts
  • More Amazon Reviews for Dear Josephine
  • Single Issue Politics in the Time of Crisis… and What Over Brooklyn Hills Has to Say About It
  • Early Amazon reviews for Dear Josephine
  • The Future of Climate Change in the Berkshires: May 21, 6:30 p.m., Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield; May 23, 4:00 p.m., Mason Library, Great Barrington
  • The Future of Climate Change in the Berkshires Talk at Griswold Memorial Library, May 14, 6:00 p.m.

Other Writing
  • Why I Haven’t Installed Solar Power and Batteries
  • Blues Skies by T.C. Boyle: Oh You Humans!
  • Matt Martinez of The Berkshire Eagle Writes Me Up!
  • My Report About EROI, Written by AI
  • What Can You Do About Climate Change?

Snips of Passing Interests
  • Democracy, Climate Action, Climate Fiction… and Criminality
  • New Gas Generator Plants and the Plan to Flood the (Electricity Demand Growth) Zone
  • Is Big Oil Overpromising and Underdelivering?
  • I’m Rubber, You’re Glue: Robert Bryce, Fossil Fuel Shill, is just one of the many attacking Bill McKibben and his latest book, Here Comes the Sun
  • New Atlantis is a Fossil Fuel Shill Factory
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