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Re:Map of the Week: What Does the Land Under Antarctica’s Ic... by Tepix on Friday January 13, 2023 @08:41AM (#34367486)
Are there any interesting sci-fi novels or games that take place in the (far) future in Antarctica with humanity being forced away from the equator by the increasing temperatures?
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Re:Map of the Week: What Does the Land Under Antarctica’s Ic... by thorin on Friday January 13, 2023 @08:57AM (#34367749)
It's obviously incredibly dated now, but I used to absolutely love this game on the Amiga in the 90s - Midwinter

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwinter_(video_game)

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Re:Map of the Week: What Does the Land Under Antarctica’s Ic... by totetsu on Friday January 13, 2023 @09:42AM (#34368334)
Wow it’s fascinating to see what games could be imagined in the era before all the genres were decided upon. Action rpg with strategy elements.
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Re:Map of the Week: What Does the Land Under Antarctica’s Ic... by jameshart on Friday January 13, 2023 @10:11AM (#34368769)
Midwinter and Flames of Freedom were so far ahead of their time. It’s like Mike Singleton had a vision from the future of Just Cause or Far Cry or something and tried to build it using 90s technology.
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Re:Map of the Week: What Does the Land Under Antarctica’s Ic... by perhonen on Friday January 13, 2023 @11:33AM (#34370102)
It doesn't take place in Antarctica, but The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard describes such a future - the last remnants of civilization have retreated to Greenland, and London is a flooded tropical lagoon.
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Re:Map of the Week: What Does the Land Under Antarctica’s Ic... by PopAlongKid on Friday January 13, 2023 @03:18PM (#34373309)
Yes, A World Out Of Time by Larry Niven.

"Almost all remaining life on Earth has adapted to live in Antarctica. Elsewhere life is extinct except for some evidence of biological activity in the Himalayan mountains."

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

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Re:Map of the Week: What Does the Land Under Antarctica’s Ic... by rgarciah on Friday January 13, 2023 @03:21PM (#34373345)
"Antarctica" by Kim Stanley Robinson. Near future, but excellent prose and narrative.
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