Science fiction often taps into preoccupations of the day, from the existential threat of nuclear war to the rise of advanced AI. But when it comes to climate change, humanity is on such a clear trajectory that dystopian fiction is no longer required to picture where we might be heading, according to one of the world’s most celebrated science fiction writers.
Speaking before the opening of a science fiction exhibition at London’s Science Museum, Kim Stanley Robinson said now that climate change is a reality rather than a hypothetical “what if?” scenario, writers should turn their imaginations to the question of how a better, fairer world might emerge on the other side.
