MUSIC THEME: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4flAZEgtjs
How to talk about fiction that engages with global warming? This is difficult — thinking about global warming -- in terms of classifying novels and movies into genres or subgenres of any kind. Let the stories stand for themselves. No genre labels are needed. While I understand that some labels may work well for others, and that classifications can help us, I feel it is best for now to produce novels and movies with no labels at all. Just the story. Just the novel. Just the movie. We don't need genre jungles to clutter things up now. What we need today is clarity, clairvoyance, and Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
The site formerly known as ''CliFiBooks'' has now become Cli-Fi.Net
The site set up in 2013 and formerly known as ''CliFiBooks'' (''formerly CliFiBooks'') became ''The Cli-Fi Report'' in 2014 and set up under a different adminstration at Cli-Fi.Net
John Berger has died at 90.
Both Aurora and 2312, two of his recent novels, reference half-submerged coastal cities as the norm. The relatively small bits of those novels that take place in future NY described this ramshackle metropolis as an adaptive and beautiful place.
Both ''Aurora'' and ''2312,'' two of Kim Stanley Robinson's recent novels, reference half-submerged coastal cities as the norm. So looking forward to reading his first full-fledged cli-fi novel ''NEW YORK 2140.'' The relatively small bits of those novels that take place in future NY described this ramshackle metropolis as an adaptive and beautiful place.
The anti-Trump crowd still won't let go of the false/fake news that Trump actually believes that global warming is a hoax that China invented to secure an unfair trade advantage with the USA. He was joking, joking. He did tweet that tweet but he was joking ub 2012 when he tweeted it. Yet in 2017 the New York Times's Justin Gillis and Edwin Wong and Business Insider's Lindsay Dodgson and reporters at other publications continued to insist that Trump says (present tense says) that climate change is a hoax created by the Chinese.
The anti-Trump crowd still won't let go of the false/fake news that Trump actually believes that global warming is a hoax that China invented to secure an unfair trade advantage with the USA.
He was joking, joking. He did tweet that tweet in 2012 -- 4 years ago -- but he was joking in 2012 when he tweeted it.
Yet in 2017 the New York Times's reporters Justin Gillis and Edwin Wong and Business Insider's Lindsay Dodgson and reporters at other publications continued to insist that Trump says (present tense says) that climate change is a hoax created by the Chinese. He was joking. Yet those who hate Trump and all that he stands for won't let the meme die. They keep bringing it up, even though he has explained what he was doing with that tweet in 2012.
True, n 2012, he posted on Twitter a couple of messages that asserted that climate change was a hoax that China had devised to secure an unfair trade advantage, presumably because the Obama administration was seeking to curb coal consumption in the United States.
“The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive,” Mr. Trump wrote. That message has been reshared more than 104,000 times and “liked” nearly 66,000 times.
JUSTIN GILLIS in the NEW YORK TIMES on January 2, 2017:
''With Donald J. Trump about to take control of the White House, it would seem a dark time for the renewable energy industry. After all, Mr. Trump has mocked the science of global warming as a Chinese hoax, threatened to kill a global deal on climate change and promised to restore the coal industry to its former glory.''
READING LIFE: A bookstore in Taiwan that does not sell books and encourages patrons to stay all day and read the books on display all they want, with coffee and tea on offer, too.
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THE READING LIFE: A bookstore in Taiwan that does not sell books and encourages patrons to stay all day and read the books on display all they want, with coffee and tea on offer, too.
Dedicated to reviving Taiwan's reading culture, one of Day's main missions while traveling around the world is to scout for new books. The interior of the bookstore is adorned with fresh flowers from the online flower shop of Day's daughter.
"The motivation behind this bookstore was to bring back the simple pleasure of reading and to create a stress-free reading environment. It was also the chance for me to do something with what I love the most. I was always a bookworm and I majored in literature in university. Opening a bookstore where everyone could enjoy reading has been my dream since then. Even when I was working at Wowprime, I did not forget that this was what I wanted to do ultimately in life.''
''During my days with Wowprime, I went trekking at Mount Everest Base Camp two times on staff trips. On those occasions, it was interesting to see the differences between Asians, who were usually chatting in groups during break time, and Westerners, who often enjoyed the mountain view with a book in hand. This reminded me how crucial reading is for self-nourishment and to become a person of culture. ''
''I wanted to provide a place for people to relax and read. Bookstores and libraries tend to make people feel stiff and self-conscious. It is awkward to read at bookstores. When you read there for three to four hours a day, there is that thought of store clerks looming in the background and staring you down for not buying anything. This takes away the fun of reading. You would not have this problem in libraries, but it wouldn't be possible to get a coffee or tea to go along with your book. The idea of EP-BOOKS stemmed from finding a way to solve both problems. ''
''It goes back to creating a reading-friendly environment. Here, the atmosphere is much more lively, which allows everyone to find their own corner to hide away and dive into a book. We have fresh flowers and a violinist playing in the background in the afternoons and a spacious reading area. We do not sell books, so there is no pressure to make a purchase. The entrance fee is $NT100 [US$3] and you are welcomed to stay here for as long as you like and with unlimited access to tea, coffee and other drinks. ''
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/arts-leisure/2017/01/04/488434/Get-back.htm
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