Nature's Warnings: Classic Stories of Eco-Science Fiction (British Library Science Fiction Classics Book 15)
Mike Ashley & Philip K. Dick & Jack Sharkey & Alfred Bester & Richard McKenna & Clifford D. Simak & J. D. Beresford & Laurence Manning & Margaret St Clair & Elizabeth Sanxay Holding
Book 5 of British Library Science Fiction Classics
Language: English
Publisher: British Library Publishing
Published: Aug 28, 2020
Description:
“I don’t understand,” Mason muttered. “How could they wreck a whole planet?” “We wrecked Earth in thirty years.” Science fiction has always confronted the concerns of society, and its greatest writers have long been inspired by the weighty issue of humanity’s ecological impact on the planet. This volume explores a range of prescient and thoughtful stories from SF’s classic period, from accounts of exhausted resources and ecocatastrophe to pertinent warnings of ecosystems thrown off balance and puzzles of adaptation and responsibility as humanity ventures into the new environments of the future. Featuring stories crucial to the evolution of eco-science fiction from Philip K. Dick, Margaret St Clair, J. D. Beresford and more, this timely collection is a trove of essential reading.