A review by christytidwell
Welcome to the Greenhouse: New Science Fiction on Climate Change by Gordon Van Gelder

4.0

This is a very strong collection. There were a few five star stories and a few three star stories, but none that I really disliked and most were in four star (at least) range. I would particularly recommend George Guthridge's "The Bridge," Judith Moffett's "The Middle of Somewhere," Gregory Benford's "Eagle," and, on the more fun end of the scale, Matthew Hughes' "Not a Problem." Not all the stories in the book approach the issue of climate change in the same way, which is largely a good thing as it keeps the book from becoming repetitive, but some of the stories seemed to get perhaps too far away from this central theme, such as David Prill's "The Men of Summer" and Bruce Sterling's "The Master of the Aviary."

The best feature of this book, however, is perhaps its emphasis on introducing new stories on the topic so that readers don't just find the same familiar authors and stories represented here. Some familiar names appear - Judith Moffett, Bruce Sterling, Gregory Benford, Brian Aldiss, for instance - but others are either younger writers like M. J. Locke, whose "True North" is another strong story to end the collection, or unfamiliar names (at least to me) like George Guthredge and Chris Lawson.

I would highly recommend this collection for SF fans and people (even non-SF fans) interested in the topic of climate change.