tales from the warming Archives

What Happens When Truth Catches Up With Fiction?0
- ARTICLES, ESSAYS, POETRY, STORIES
- July 3, 2019
Novelist-poet-playwright Doris Lessing famously said: “There’s no doubt that fiction makes a better job of the truth.” It is interesting, however, that—at least in the case of climate fiction (cli-fi)—the truth is catching up with fiction much faster than anticipated. In my book, Tales from The Warming, I tried to apply Lessing’s dictum to telling
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Review: Tales From The Warming: Short Story Collection Exposes The Consequences Of Climate Change 0
- BOOK REVIEWS
- October 17, 2018
“Without taking her eyes off the emerald waters of the island’s central lagoon, she said: ‘This is unbearably lovely. What a tragedy that the people who contributed least to the causes of the warming are the ones who bear its greatest burdens.’” Tales from The Warming is a collection of ten short stories that highlight the
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Review: Tales From The Warming: Near-Future Stories Examine Human Impact Of Climate Crisis 0
- BOOK REVIEWS
- September 17, 2018
Goodreads Summary Tales from The Warming is unique in the annals of climate fiction, a new literary genre spawned in the last decade by the climate crisis. The anthology of 10 short stories takes readers all over the world and over time to experience—in human terms—the growing impact of what the author has dubbed “The
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Review: Tales From The Warming Offers Thought-Provoking Stories About The Effects Of Global Warming 0
- BOOK REVIEWS
- July 24, 2018
When I opted to review this collection of short stories, I was drawn in by the subject. Global warming is an issue I skirt around the edges of, I hear of it often, but in all honesty, I am confused by it. And I think that goes for many other people. The general population rely
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Review: Tales From The Warming, A Look Into The Near Future As Global Warming Descends Upon Us 0
- BOOK REVIEWS
- May 4, 2018
One of the hot-button topics over the last few decades have fallen on the impending arrival of catastrophic global warming. There’s no getting around it, the Earth is trending to become warmer. Author Lorin Robinson presents a dismal look at what will greet us around the globe in the not-too-distant future. Fasten your seatbelts. Rising
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Interview With Lorin R. Robinson, Author Of Tales From The Warming 0
- BOOKS & ENVIRONMENT, INTERVIEWS
- April 17, 2017
Lorin R. Robinson talks with Book Glow about the writing of his book of cli-fi themed short stories, Tales from The Warming. BG: You seem to be making an effort to rename the phenomenon known as global warming. Why call it “the warming?” LR: I’m just trying to get out in front. It’s well known
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