Comment on the genre of “climate fiction,” which now, in late 2023 is pretty well defined, this entry suggests it has been around for centuries but gained momentum around 2010.
The Wikipedia entry for Climate Fiction contains this: “Technologies such as climate engineering or climate adaptation practices often feature prominently in works exploring their impacts on society.”
I just finished the book listed below, there was only one story I didn’t finish, but I avidly read all the others. Read with caution, some really believable renderings of our future which triggered a few troubling dreams. A great way to discover some new authors as well as get your socks scared off you. I found this in the stacks at our local library as I searched for Mr. Bacigalupi’s work. I was reminded of my love of anthologies.
Loosed upon the world : the Saga anthology of climate fiction edited by John Joseph Adams.
–Shooting the Apocalypse / Paolo Bacigalupi
— The myth of rain / Seanan McGuire
— Outer rims / Toiya Kristen Finley
— Kheldyu / Karl Schroeder
— The snows of yesteryear / Jean-Louis Trudel
— The rainy season / Tobias S. Buckell
— A hundred hundred daisies / Nancy Kress
— The Netherlands lives with water / Jim Shepard
— The precedent / Sean McMullen
— Hot sky / Robert Silverberg
— That creeping sensation / Alan Dean Foster
— Truth and consequences / Kim Stanley Robinson
— Entanglement / Vandana Singh
— Staying afloat / Angela Penrose
— Eighth wonder / Chris Bachelder
— Eagle / Gregory Benford
— Outliers / Nicole Feldringer
— Quiet town / Jason Gurley
— The day it all ended / Charlie Jane Anders
— The smog society / Chen Qiufan
— Racing the tide / Craig DeLancey
— Mutant stag at Horn Creek / Sarah K. Castle
— Hot rods / Cat Sparks
— The Tamarisk hunter / Paolo Bacigalupi
— Mitigation / Tobias Buckell & Karl Schroeder
— Time capsule found on the dead planet / Margaret Atwood
— Afterword: science scarier than fiction / Ramez Naam.