Anne Charnock won the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2018 for Dreams Before the Start of Time. Her latest novel is Bridge 108.At Tor.com, Charnock tagged five recent novels about climate catastrophe, including:
The Wall by John LanchesterRead about another entry on the list.
Kavanagh is conscripted for two years to patrol a National Coastal Defence Structure with orders to prevent any climate refugees, or ‘others’, reaching British shores. The stakes are high for Kavanagh, for if he fails in his duties he is shipped out to sea. John Lanchester writesin pared back prose to match the monotonous life of a coastal defender. I found myself completely drawn into his fearful world. During his leave, Kavanagh visits his parents and we witness the inter-generational aggravation between them. His parents had experienced the good life of plentiful food, jobs and travel in the days before political extremism and climate catastrophe. In the latter part of The Wall, Kavanagh encounters offshore communities of refugees and deserters, introducing a slightly more upbeat note to the novel.
--Marshal Zeringue
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