Loosed upon the world : the Saga anthology of climate fiction

Collected by the editor of the award-winning Lightspeed magazine, the first, definitive anthology of climate fiction—a cutting-edge genre made popular by Margaret Atwood. Is it the end of the world as we know it? Climate Fiction, or Cli-Fi, is exploring the world we live in now—and in the very near future—as the effects of global warming become more evident. Join bestselling, award-winning writers like Margaret Atwood, Paolo Bacigalupi, Kim Stanley Robinson, Seanan McGuire, and many others at the brink of tomorrow. Loosed Upon the World is so believable, it’s frightening. xi • Introduction (Loosed Upon the World: The Saga Anthology of Climate Fiction) • essay by John Joseph Adams xiii • Foreword (Loosed Upon the World: The Saga Anthology of Climate Fiction) • essay by Paolo Bacigalupi 1 • Shooting the Apocalypse • (2014) • novelette by Paolo Bacigalupi 25 • The Myth of Rain • (2015) • short story by Seanan McGuire 39 • Outer Rims • (2011) • short story by Toiya Kristen Finley 52 • Kheldyu • [Gennady] • (2014) • novelette by Karl Schroeder 88 • The Snows of Yesteryear • (2014) • novelette by Jean-Louis Trudel 111 • The Rainy Season • (2012) • short story by Tobias S. Buckell 129 • A Hundred Hundred Daisies • (2011) • short story by Nancy Kress 143 • The Netherlands Lives With Water • (2009) • short fiction by Jim Shepard 172 • The Precedent • (2010) • novelette by Sean McMullen 203 • Hot Sky • (1990) • short story by Robert Silverberg 229 • That Creeping Sensation • (2011) • short story by Alan Dean Foster 240 • Truth or Consequences • (2015) • short fiction by Kim Stanley Robinson 269 • Entanglement • (2014) • novella by Vandana Singh 323 • Staying Afloat • (2013) • short story by Angela Penrose 341 • Eighth Wonder • (2009) • short fiction by Chris Bachelder 362 • Eagle • (2011) • short fiction by Gregory Benford 386 • Outliers • (2015) • short story by Nicole Feldringer 399 • Quiet Town • (2015) • short story by Jason Gurley 407 • The Day It All Ended • (2014) • short story by Charlie Jane Anders 419 • The Smog Society • (2015) • short story by Chen Qiufan (trans. of 霾? 2010) 435 • Racing the Tide • (2014) • short story by Craig DeLancey 453 • The Mutant Stag at Horn Creek • (2012) • novelette by Sarah K. Castle 487 • Hot Rods • (2015) • novelette by Cat Sparks 511 • The Tamarisk Hunter • (2006) • short story by Paolo Bacigalupi 527 • Mitigation • (2008) • novelette by Tobias S. Buckell and Karl Schroeder 556 • Time Capsule Found on the Dead Planet • (2009) • short story by Margaret Atwood 559 • Afterword: Science Scarier Than Fiction • essay by Ramez Naam Collected by the editor of the award-winning Lightspeed magazine, the first, definitive anthology of climate fiction - a cutting-edge genre made popular by Margaret Atwood. Is it the end of the world as we know it? Climate Fiction, or Cli-Fi, is exploring the world we live in now - and in the very near future - as the effects of global warming become more evident "An anthology of twenty-six short stories exploring the future of climate change and its effects on life on Earth includes contributions from Margaret Atwood, Paolo Bacigalupi, and Kim Stanley Robinson." -- (Source of summary not specified)