https://www.earthmagazine.org/tags/cli-fi/ Recent content in Cli-Fi on EARTH Magazine Hugo en-US American Geosciences Institute. All rights reserved. Mon, 09 Jun 2014 13:16:26 -0400 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/geomedia-books-changing-literary-climate/ Mon, 09 Jun 2014 13:16:26 -0400 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/geomedia-books-changing-literary-climate/ <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/geomedia-books-changing-literary-climate/cli-fi2.jpg" alt="Cli-fi is a new genre. Credit: Callan Bentley." loading="eager" decoding="async"> <figcaption>Cli-fi is a new genre. Credit: Callan Bentley.</figcaption> </figure> <p>The book cover of &ldquo;Odds Against Tomorrow&rdquo; (2013) by Nathaniel Rich features a flooded Manhattan. <a href="http://www.npr.org/2013/04/20/176713022/so-hot-right-now-has-climate-change-created-a-new-literary-genre">In a 2013 NPR story</a>, Rich&rsquo;s publicist, Brian Gittis, recounted how he left his waterlogged New York City office during Hurricane Sandy and came home to sort through advance copies of books, coming across Rich&rsquo;s timely cover. Gittis called it a &ldquo;Twilight Zone moment.&rdquo;</p>