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A review by alexctelander
Welcome to the Greenhouse: New Science Fiction on Climate Change by Gordon Van Gelder
4.0
In Welcome to the Greenhouse, editor Gordon van Gelder looks to do something original in presenting an anthology of sixteen short stories that address, discuss, involve or at least mention global warming and the possible future of our planet in some way. The beauty of anthologies is that you don’t get to just see one reality or one possible outcome, but many. Some are planetary-scale, big stage events and happenings, other are small moments between a few characters existing in a new and very different world.
Welcome to the Greenhouse features a number of known, bestselling authors, including Jeff Carlson, Gregory Benford, Michael Alexander, Alan Dean Foster, Bruce Sterling, and Paul Di Filippo to name a few, featuring stories about terrorists, godlike terraformers, grim futures, happy futures, and futures that just are. While the likelihood of any of the events in these stories actually taking place are slim to none – at least we all hope so – each of them nevertheless serve to illustrate an invented possible future from a published author, and plants an important “What if?” seed in reader’s minds. Featuring a brief introduction from Elizabeth Kolbert (Field Notes from a Catastrophe), the collection will at the very least stir thoughts on the possible effects of climate change in our world and what we can do about it now.
Originally written on April 10, 2011 ©Alex C. Telander.
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Welcome to the Greenhouse features a number of known, bestselling authors, including Jeff Carlson, Gregory Benford, Michael Alexander, Alan Dean Foster, Bruce Sterling, and Paul Di Filippo to name a few, featuring stories about terrorists, godlike terraformers, grim futures, happy futures, and futures that just are. While the likelihood of any of the events in these stories actually taking place are slim to none – at least we all hope so – each of them nevertheless serve to illustrate an invented possible future from a published author, and plants an important “What if?” seed in reader’s minds. Featuring a brief introduction from Elizabeth Kolbert (Field Notes from a Catastrophe), the collection will at the very least stir thoughts on the possible effects of climate change in our world and what we can do about it now.
Originally written on April 10, 2011 ©Alex C. Telander.
For more reviews, and exclusive interviews, go to BookBanter