Sea of Tranquility: A novel
This was a human moment that never went away. An existential dilemma, a permanent condition. For them, in their particular situation, it came to this: When you discover that you are living in a fantasy that cannot endure, a fantasy that will destroy your world, and your children, what do you do?
Kim Stanley Robinson • Aurora
Right now, humanity has to keep accelerating simply to support itself. But from left and right, massive hulks threaten to knock into you. Pandemics, climate change, bigotry, inequality, wars, water scarcity, sea level rise, and some that you do not even know enough to see yet. You have to dodge them, but you cannot stop, and you cannot slow down.”
Hank Green • A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor: A Novel (The Carls Book 2)
Any study of worldbuilding would be remiss without mention of Biosphere 2, the experimental facility constructed in Arizona for studying the feasibility of life in a manmade ecosystem. In 1994, Abigail Alling and Mark Van Thillo broke into the complex – or rather, attempted a break-out, and in the process brought the years-long experiment to an abr... See more
Without World - The White Review
“Because of the economic transition?” “Right. But environmental deterioration was also a major factor. The environmental laws were there, but in those pessimistic times, the general attitude was, ‘What the hell is environmental protection for? Even if Earth turns into a garden, isn’t it all going to the Trisolarans anyway?’ Eventually, environmenta
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