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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
David Barnett

‘It’s not climate change, it’s everything change’: sci-fi authors take on the global crisis

Low water levels at Woodhead reservoir, which serves Greater Manchester, after the hottest June on record for the UK.
Low water levels at Woodhead reservoir, which serves Greater Manchester, after the hottest June on record for the UK. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Science fiction has always dealt with worst-case scenarios when imagining our possible futures, and the climate has often formed the backdrop of the human struggles.

Some of the biggest names writing in the genre have tackled the climate crisis and its apocalyptic or dystopian consequences – Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake, Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, Bruce Sterling’s Heavy Weather.

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