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Re:Why Science Fiction Authors Need to Be Writing About Clim... by Rodeoclash on Friday January 25, 2019 @11:14PM (#19004735)
They didn't mention "The Windup Girl" - set in Thailand in the 23rd century after the ravages of global warming:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Windup_Girl

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Re:Why Science Fiction Authors Need to Be Writing About Clim... by timonoko on Friday January 25, 2019 @10:40PM (#19004614)
I remember a story about new ice age, where all heat was used by domestic heat pumps. The author failed to notice that you can fight against that particular climate change by using more refrigerators.
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Re:Why Science Fiction Authors Need to Be Writing About Clim... by chmaynard on Friday January 25, 2019 @08:11PM (#19004054)
I often think about how Isaac Asimov, perhaps the greatest of all science fiction writers, predicted in his Foundation trilogy that wilderness on Earth would be sacrificed by humanity to serve human wants and aspirations. The entire Earth, save the Imperial Palace, would be developed and urbanized. How sad.
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Re:Why Science Fiction Authors Need to Be Writing About Clim... by superpie on Friday January 25, 2019 @06:11PM (#19003512)
Michael Crichton did this in State of Fear. It was page after page of graphs, graphs, more graphs, with long detailed explanations. It really put me off of reading his books.
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Re:Why Science Fiction Authors Need to Be Writing About Clim... by i_am_nomad on Friday January 25, 2019 @09:54PM (#19004474)
“State of Fear” was an anti-climate change book, though, and honestly one of the most laughably awful novels I ever finished.
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Re:Why Science Fiction Authors Need to Be Writing About Clim... by infradig on Friday January 25, 2019 @05:46PM (#19003349)
Ok, I'll put it out there... Fallen Angels by Niven and Pournelle.
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