I totally agree, and part of what I do is climate resilience consulting. Maine is doing impressive work, largely because of Janet Mills and her proactive vision.
I read it months ago, good read about our pending climate catastrophe and sociological (and economic!) impact. Doesn't sugar coat the dire situation, but does end with a bit of a fairy tale 'we all come together to beat this thing' conclusion.
It will be at my local library desk waiting for me to pick it up tomorrow! Perfect timing! My old ass TV just blew a gasket this morning and i would like a distraction from the "No TV makes Tom something something."
After a glance at the comments, I hope I haven't scared off too many of you! The first chapter is devastating, but this isn't Cormac McCarthy. As the novel goes forward, the novel gets into the thorny business of actually trying to address the crisis.
Actually, after that STUNNING first chapter, it gets... dare I say it... boring. Lotta diplomats talking and unnecessarily precise details of where which café is in Vienna (or wherever they are) and... it goes all Dan Brown for a bit. (But without any excitement. Or suspense. Or Gothic medieval jiggery pokery.)
Anyhoo, I set it down with a thump after chapter 3 and never looked back. Mega snooze. OR SO I THOUGHT. If Dok's putting it in the Wonk Book Club, I will have to give it another go. Maybe I was just not in the right mood?
If you want to escape read Robinson's Mars trilogy.
The wet bulb scene set in India is particularly gripping.
As Joe Louis is supposed to have said, I did the best that I could with the tools that I had
Second sentence introduces a character named Frank May. Hopefully it's a Frank-in-name-only
Yeah I just noticed. Goddammit.
I read it about a year ago on Kindle, where I do all my reading.Loved the book, and this is a chance to re- read it.
It’s nice you have friends who read your recommendations. That means a lot to me.
Read it a couple of months ago and found it depressingly likely, but with a Pollyanna ending.
We could have had Al Gore but for the corrupt Supreme Court and Green voters. Alas.
I totally agree, and part of what I do is climate resilience consulting. Maine is doing impressive work, largely because of Janet Mills and her proactive vision.
I read it months ago, good read about our pending climate catastrophe and sociological (and economic!) impact. Doesn't sugar coat the dire situation, but does end with a bit of a fairy tale 'we all come together to beat this thing' conclusion.
Why not?
It will be at my local library desk waiting for me to pick it up tomorrow! Perfect timing! My old ass TV just blew a gasket this morning and i would like a distraction from the "No TV makes Tom something something."
So what time is the wine-and-cheese in the gallery? and what time zone?
For a completely different, but thoroughly enjoyable treatment of these issues, can we read Spinrad's He Walked Among Us next?
After a glance at the comments, I hope I haven't scared off too many of you! The first chapter is devastating, but this isn't Cormac McCarthy. As the novel goes forward, the novel gets into the thorny business of actually trying to address the crisis.
Actually, after that STUNNING first chapter, it gets... dare I say it... boring. Lotta diplomats talking and unnecessarily precise details of where which café is in Vienna (or wherever they are) and... it goes all Dan Brown for a bit. (But without any excitement. Or suspense. Or Gothic medieval jiggery pokery.)
Anyhoo, I set it down with a thump after chapter 3 and never looked back. Mega snooze. OR SO I THOUGHT. If Dok's putting it in the Wonk Book Club, I will have to give it another go. Maybe I was just not in the right mood?