cli-fi
Environmental catastrophe fiction
Cli-fi is fiction that centers on climate change and its consequences—a blend of "climate" and "fi" from science fiction.
The genre explores rising seas, extreme weather, environmental collapse, and human responses to ecological crisis: The novel was cli-fi set in a flooded Manhattan.
Though often dystopian, cli-fi can also imagine adaptation and survival.
Depicting oppressive imagined societies
- novelNew and unusual
- narrativeAccount of events
- literaryOf written works
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
anthology · plot · protagonist · author · readership · bestseller · publishing · manuscript
Alert about danger
- dystopiaImaginary terrible society
- allegorySymbolic tale with deeper meaning
- propheticForetelling future events
- apocalypticPertaining to ultimate devastation
collapse · catastrophe · survival · refugee · famine · scarcity · aftermath
Large-scale woodland elimination
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- pollutionEnvironmental harm from waste
wildfires · drought · flooding · sustainability · conservation
Extending data beyond bounds
- post-apocalypticAfter global catastrophe
- geoengineeringIntentional large-scale environmental modification
- terraformingModifying worlds for habitability
- solarpunkEco-optimist speculative genre
dystopian
Depicting oppressive imagined societies
storytelling · anthology · plot · protagonist · author · readership · bestseller · publishing · manuscript · theme
warning
Alert about danger
- dystopiaImaginary terrible society
- allegorySymbolic tale with deeper meaning
- propheticForetelling future events
apocalyptic · collapse · catastrophe · survival · refugee · famine · scarcity · aftermath
deforestation
Large-scale woodland elimination
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- biodiversityRange of life forms
pollution · wildfires · drought · flooding · sustainability · conservation
extrapolation
Extending data beyond bounds
- post-apocalypticAfter global catastrophe
- geoengineeringIntentional large-scale environmental modification
- terraformingModifying worlds for habitability
solarpunk · arcologies · megacities · rewilding · desalination
cli-fispace opera
Dramatic sci-fi in cosmos
hard science fiction · cyberpunk · cosmic horror · steampunk · space western
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