I (FLOAT) N Y
I cleaned up after yet another flood and all I got was this lousy shirt.
On a jaunt to a nearby New York timeline, floods are just another Tuesday. Thank goodness the janky time machine came with pontoons – navigating the city's makeshift canals became a breeze. Yellow taxis? More like Yellow Dinghies. The latest in high fashion? Trendy life vests. And for the fitness enthusiasts, sneakers have made way for wetsuits and flippers for those early morning jogs laps around Central Pond.
For the intrepid travelers among us, there's this iconic T-shirt to mark our drenched escapade. It's a nod to the unbeatable spirit of New Yorkers. No matter the depth of the waters, the city's vibe always rises to the top.
Some Book Recommendations
As the chill in the air grows more pronounced, my instinct to gather books for winter reading kicks in. For enthusiasts eager to dive into speculative climate fiction (Cli-Fi), I've curated a few must-reads for your bookshelf or e-reader.
What distinguishes the books below from traditional sci-fi, including the rigorously factual hard sci-fi, is their foundation in research and strategic foresight. Think of them less as pure fiction and more as detailed scenarios brought to life.
Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson
Neal Stephenson's sweeping, prescient new novel transports readers to a near-future world where the greenhouse effect has inexorably resulted in a whirling-dervish troposphere of superstorms, rising sea levels, global flooding, merciless heat waves, and virulent, deadly pandemics.
Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
From legendary science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson comes a vision of climate change unlike any ever imagined.
It is a novel both immediate and impactful, desperate and hopeful in equal measure, and it is one of the most powerful and original books on climate change ever written.
Our Shared Storm by Andrew Dana Hudson
Our Shared Storm is an experiment in deploying practice-based research methods to explore the opportunities and challenges of using climate fiction to engage scientific and academic frameworks.
How does "Termination Shock" compare to, say, "Snow Crash"?