Octavia Butler’s science fiction addresses the head-in-the-sand mentality taken by many Americans in regards to climate change: “The brilliant Octavia Butler – the late, great science fiction writer – saw this coming. In her apocalyptic 1993 novel “Parable of the Sower,” the United States has come apart, torn asunder by the pressures generated by the devastation of climate change. And because she understood her nation so well, her novel features characters who still don’t believe that human beings have influenced the weather – though their lives have been wrecked by environmental degradation.” bgdailynews/opinion/commentary/climate-change-is-the-great-moral-crisis-of-our-time/article_a42a0ab3-087f-5821-9277-85d9e88e917b.html
Posted on: Thu, 29 May 2014 14:43:06 +0000
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