1. El Auge y la Relevancia de la Ficción Climática.
La ficción climática, también conocida como "cli-fi", es un género en crecimiento que utiliza la narrativa para explorar las ramificaciones ambientales, sociales y políticas de un planeta en calentamiento. Su creciente popularidad refleja una necesidad colectiva de procesar y visualizar las consecuencias del cambio climático a través de historias.
- The climate fiction genre is gaining momentum across books, films, and even video games. As it grabs more of the public’s attention, is it having the desired effect?
- Climate fiction is an important way to help people envision the future, whether we do or do not act, and what the consequences might be. We need to read and write more of it.
- In my time as a slush reader i’ve seen such a drastic uptick in the amount of climate fiction being submitted. Even when authors aren’t trying to specifically write cli-fi, the climate is becoming a de facto backdrop for science fiction and i think that’s really interesting.
- Climate fiction isn’t neutral. It either confronts the crisis or colludes in its erasure.
2. Distopía vs. Esperanza: Las Dos Caras de la Narrativa.
Dentro del género, existe una tensión fundamental entre las narrativas distópicas, que advierten sobre futuros sombríos, y las historias esperanzadoras o "solarpunk", que buscan inspirar acción imaginando futuros sostenibles y justos. Mientras algunos lectores buscan advertencias crudas, otros anhelan visiones optimistas que puedan servir como guía.
- So much climate fiction is dystopian. But stories can be seeds of hope. The guardian shares 5 novels that imagine not just survival, but transformation.
- Blue sky thinking: why we need positive climate novels environmental fiction is booming – but can it move beyond dystopia to a brighter vision of the future?
- Adding to this: "climate fiction" or "climate dystopia." if at all possible, i would prefer my summer reading not to drive me into existential despair.
- As a writer of hopeful climate fiction, everything you’ve written here rings depressingly true. But i’ve had so many conversations now with readers, both of my own work & at the bookstore where i curate a shelf, who are so hungry for the optimistic perspective, i think there’s a missing piece here.
- Any novel that tries to put a positive spin on climate change does a disservice to humanity and the planet. It veers closer to fantasy than science fiction—and further from scientific reality than even the bleakest dystopian tale.
3. Autores y Lecturas Esenciales.
Varios autores y obras son mencionados repetidamente como pilares del género. Kim Stanley Robinson, con "The Ministry for the Future", es una figura central, al igual que clásicos como "Parable of the Sower" de Octavia Butler. La conversación también incluye una amplia gama de novelas que abordan el colapso ecológico desde diversas perspectivas.
- Sounds fantastic! climate fiction is so important. "the ministry for the future" by kim stanley robinson tackles similar themes. What's your favorite climate-focused scifi work?
- Prophetic storytellers have long warned us about this moment. What once read as science fiction is fast becoming science nonfiction. In parable of the sower, octavia butler envisioned a nation unraveling under climate collapse.
- Have you read lost ark dreaming by suyi davies okungbowa? it's one of my favorite reads of 2025 & a great climate fiction read.
- Australian writer james bradley has written some excellent novels including wrack, clade and ghost species.
- The great derangement by amitav ghosh goes into this phenomenon, especially as it relates to climate collapse & fiction. Pretty interesting stuff.
4. El Propósito y el Impacto del "Cli-Fi".
Más allá del entretenimiento, la ficción climática cumple una función crucial: comunicar la urgencia de la crisis climática de una manera emocionalmente resonante. Las historias pueden ayudar a enfrentar la realidad, plantar semillas de esperanza, fomentar la empatía y, en última instancia, inspirar un cambio real al hacer tangible un futuro que a menudo parece abstracto.
- Fiction can distract us from climate reality; it can also help us face it.
- Can climate fiction deliver climate justice? although cli-fi has exploded in popularity, few of its writers treat climate justice as a central issue.
- My hopeful climate fiction storytelling is transformation work: it's fully about planting seeds for a better world by doing the creative labor to envision it and uplift to keep people engaged in the problem.
- Kudos to whoever brought this into being. Climate change is hard concept for most people to absorb, and art & fiction is likely a better way to in to “making it real”.
- Why are readers flocking to climate fiction this year? because it blends fear and hope and that balance is powerful.