Ask HN: Have you read any good “Cli-Fi” (climate fiction) books?

1 pointslogancg9y ago5 comments

I'm looking for climate science fiction books -- especially ones that combine realistic hard science/technology with a dystopian, climate-changed future.

My goal is to emotionally convince myself of the need to act urgently on climate change. I am only intellectually committed.

I would love your recommendations!

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Haldir9y ago· 1 in thread

I guess you already know https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/36205.Cli_Fi_Climate_Cha...

Of those books I can wholeheartedly recommend the books by Paolo Bacigalupi.

logancgOP9y ago

Aye – the list is great. I always admire personal recommendations! Will take a look at Bacigalupi.

mkempe9y ago· 1 in thread

Forty Signs of Rain, by Kim Stanley Robinson

Fifty Degrees Below

Sixty Days and Counting

logancgOP9y ago

Fantastic, thank you. I didn't know Robinson had a (deliberate? unlike the Mars trilogy) cli-fi novel.

db48x9y ago

Fallen Angels by Niven et al. It's a bit light-hearted though.

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